Confusion in Drogheda re the Brown Bin?

On a recent visit to Drogheda, many local residents informed me that they did not have a Brown Bin for their food waste! They also said that they had not been supplied with a Brown Bin by their local waste service provider, nor were they being told that they could face fines if they disposed of  their food waste in the black bin/residual waste. This came as a bit of a surprise in light of the recent flyer from Louth Co. Council stating that from July 1st 2015 the Brown Bin was coming to all homes in Ardee, Clogherhead and Dunleer and that the Household Food Waste and Bio-Waste Regulations/Brown Bin had been applied in Drogheda since July 1st, 2013.  On visting the websites of waste service providers servicing Drogheda, it was found that AES supply a 35l brown bin as standard, Panda do not outline what service they provide and  Oxigen provide the Brown Bin in a Pay by Lift option at a cost of 650euro per annum, assuming 26 fortnightly lifts of the three bins per year. On making further enquiries it was found that both Panda and Oxigen do offer Brown Bin services if requested and that this service is more expensive than if the customers was supplied with just two bins (Recycling and General Waste). All of the above findings make for interesting reading, in so far as Louth Co. Council are saying that “all household food must be segregated” and “that all authorised waste collectors…must provide a separate food waste collection service or “brown bin”   for their customers”, yet  residents of Drogheda seem to be able to dispose of their food waste in their General Waste Bin and some waste service provider is collecting it!  Where it ends up after that is a question for another day.