Bin charges: Is there an industry regulator?

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Is there an industry regulator for the waste & recycling industry? For instance Irish water is regulated by the energy regulator for pricing/charging and the EPA regulates water quality and environmental compliance. Can bin charges be arbitrarily increased year on year without any consumer protection oversight?
 
Department of environment set minimum prices.
Thanks,

The department has told TheJournal.ie that minimum charges will be in place, and work out as follows:

  • Recycling / Green Bin – 2 cents a kilo
  • Food waste / brown bin – 6 cents a kilo
  • Residual waste / black bin – 11 cents a kilo
However is there any regulation of the maximum charges levied or of price increases both per weight and so called service fees?
 
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Maximums would be the interesting part, our local provider has doubled our monthly service fee and there is no other provider so no competition.
 
What's the issue. The open market determines what actual prices will be. Do you want the councils to return to prividing an inefficient service ?
 
Does it though if there is only one provider? We had at one stage about 3 providers, at least then there was competition and you could switch if you weren't happy, now there is no options just pay up and look cheery.
 
What's the issue. The open market determines what actual prices will be. Do you want the councils to return to prividing an inefficient service ?
Electricity, Gas and water prices are regulated by the energy regulator. Each of these service providers go through a process before implementing a change in their price structure.

I have been with private providers since 1996 and pay by weight since 2006.

My question : is the domestic waste recycling collection sector regulated in terms of prices charged to consumers.
 
Do you know if large 1100 litre bins in apartment complexes are going to charged per kg ?

Second question: Do any of the refuse collectors provide brown 1100 litre bins ?

Thank you
 
Maximums would be the interesting part, our local provider has doubled our monthly service fee and there is no other provider so no competition.

What part of the county are you in? I assume you like me are paying a hefty "service charge" as well as a charge per kilo for refuse, recycle and compost?
 
What can one say - if there is a market opportunity you will have competition. Regret if you live in unpopulated area, costs to service are higher and are passed onto the customer. You always have the opprtunity to look after your own refuse disposal at a local civic amenity site
 
I live in a rural town of 25k people, one provider. Service charge has jumped from €6 p.m. to €12 as of this week, 3 bins paid by weight with a fortnightly collection.

I don't know quite waht a local civic amenity site is? There is no where I can dispose of rubbish without paying for it, the one provider available does operate a system where you can bring the rubbish to their yard and it is slightly cheaper but realistically it's not an option for me or most people. Better suited to someone with very little rubbish obviously.
 
aren't service charges being outlawed to be replaced by pay by weight only?

"Under the new regime, waste companies will no longer be allowed charge an annual flat fee to customers. Three bins must be provided and minimum rates per kilogramme of waste applied."

http://www.independent.ie/irish-new...-paybyweight-bin-charges-on-way-34415589.html
Hi Olympian,
That's what I thought as well but I think providers are allowed charge a "service" charge as well as the price per kilo for the various waste streams. I think only the straight up flat charges have been outlawed .

Monbretia, has your provider offered you an attractive flat charge to cover from now until July when flat charges are to be outlawed?

Found this 2014 document from dept of env http://www.environ.ie/en/Publications/Environment/Waste/WasteManagement/FileDownLoad,34650,en.doc

Aj
 
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They have offered a lump sum amount that you pay July actually instead of the monthly charge, not particularly attractive just slightly less than the 12 p.m.

Nothing in their notice gave any impression the fees were being done away with in July, that's very interesting, I presume we will get another notification then just upping the price per kg.

We have the 3 bins and have been pay by weight for probably more than a year now but have the monthly charge as well that we were told day one was to pay for new trucks that could collect the 3 bins. It's a reduction we should be getting as the cost of diesel has gone down so much!
 
Waste is waste, Council to collect and bring to the transfer station. Currently service only here in Meath with AES Irl is 144 per year without a bin ever being collected. Licence to print money.
 
They have offered a lump sum amount that you pay July actually instead of the monthly charge, not particularly attractive just slightly less than the 12 p.m.

Nothing in their notice gave any impression the fees were being done away with in July, that's very interesting, I presume we will get another notification then just upping the price per kg.

We have the 3 bins and have been pay by weight for probably more than a year now but have the monthly charge as well that we were told day one was to pay for new trucks that could collect the 3 bins. It's a reduction we should be getting as the cost of diesel has gone down so much!
Flat charge only is to be outlawed and replaced with price per kilo plus "service charge".

Hi agent, is €144 about normal for the fixed fee in Meath what rates per kilo do you pay for refuse?

Aj
 
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