The Irish Independent recently performed a survey of the Waste Service Providers (WSP’s) in Ireland, 68 in total. Of the 68 contacted only 40 replied, giving an indication, perhaps, of the transparency in the industry. The 40 operators covered 34 local authority areas, and contrary to statutory requirements that Brown Bins be provided to all […]
Cavan County Council have announced that from the 1st July 2015 Brown Bins are being introduced into the following towns in County Cavan: Ballyjamesduff Bailieborough Virginia Kingscourt Cootehill Full details can be found at Cavan Brown Bin The Council allows for green/graden waste, food waste (cooked & uncooked) and other items such as pizza boxes […]
Some Waste Service Providers are telling their customers that they can only use paper based liners in Brustinin or their food caddies. One provider states that they ” can only accept paper based bin liners” and then proceeds to tell customers where they can buy these liners! This is simply not the case and […]
Last week France’s parliament voted to ban food waste in its larger supermarkets – outlawing the destruction of unsold food. Under the new law, supermarkets will have to prevent food waste and will be forced to donate unsold but edible food to charity, or for use as animal feed or compost. Also according to L’Express […]
As if life was not complicated enough, it is amazing the variations in calculating waste charges that waste service providers have invented. Take Leitrim, a county with the lowest population density in Ireland, which has three waste service providers. Provder A charges €80 per annum and then 20c/kilo for grey (general) waste, and 8c/kilo for […]
It was recently claimed that waste recovery rates (including incineration) in Ireland were running at 80{b050ebef00e2b6e935b95b021e9f55f4ab20ffeed47f29e2aa25a2081fec5bc8}, and that the EU statistics did not reflect this. The statistics in question stated that in 2013, we each produced 586 kilos of waste of which 34{b050ebef00e2b6e935b95b021e9f55f4ab20ffeed47f29e2aa25a2081fec5bc8} was recylced, 6{b050ebef00e2b6e935b95b021e9f55f4ab20ffeed47f29e2aa25a2081fec5bc8} was composted, 42{b050ebef00e2b6e935b95b021e9f55f4ab20ffeed47f29e2aa25a2081fec5bc8} was land filled and 18{b050ebef00e2b6e935b95b021e9f55f4ab20ffeed47f29e2aa25a2081fec5bc8} was […]
In 2013, legislation was introduced with the objective of reducing the amount of food waste going to landfill so as to meet our EU Directive obligations and targets. This legislation is was hoped would encourage householders to reduce the amount of food waste they are producing which is currently running at 80kg per person per […]
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A Green Bin for a Green Day…..Brustibin ..100{b050ebef00e2b6e935b95b021e9f55f4ab20ffeed47f29e2aa25a2081fec5bc8} Guaranteed Irish… even the name, made from Bruscar meaning rubbish and Tí meaning house. Tá Seachtain na Gaeilge faoi lán tseoil anseo, ceiliúradh a bheidh ar siúl go dtí Lá Fhéile Pádraig sa tír seo. Ar a shon sin, ba mhaith liom an deis a thógáil […]