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Dear Panda Customer,
Panda collects and processes 100,000 tons per annum of mixed dry recyclables from over a quarter of a million homes across Ireland and many commercial businesses.
Recycling is a Global business and for more than a decade China has been the main processor of recyclables, not just from Europe, but also for much of the world. For a variety of reasons, including high levels of contamination, China has recently stopped accepting recycling material from outside its own borders. So with China closed as an outlet, the cost of recycling worldwide has escalated dramatically as more companies world-wide jostle for access to reduced outlets in the rest of the world.
Panda is committed to recycling in Ireland and in order to maintain Ireland's excellent recycling rate, it is critical that the cost of recycling is met Unfortunately, to meet increasing costs, we have to introduce charges for the recycling bin collection service. However, these charges will be relatively small and will be used to help maintain a sustainable recycling culture in Ireland.
Specifically, we will be charging just 80 cents per lift of your recycling bin and 4.5 cents per kg to collect, process and transport your recyclables, a relatively small price to pay to be able to continue to recycle in a sustainable manner for future generations.
Taking this charge into account Panda are still cheaper than the County Council were charging for their service 12 years ago when we first entered the market. Panda have since expanded the service to include a brown bin service for organic waste and a bin-washing service for all bins.
In accordance with clause 3 of our Terms and Conditions , we hereby give you notice of our intention to vary the price as stated above and such recycling charges will come into effect on 19th April 2018.
Please go to the following link to see a recent article in the Irish Examiner covering what Panda does with your recyclables in its recycling facility in Dublin:
http://bit.ly/Examinerart
Yours sincerely,
Panda Customer Care Team
Dear Panda Customer,
Panda collects and processes 100,000 tons per annum of mixed dry recyclables from over a quarter of a million homes across Ireland and many commercial businesses.
Recycling is a Global business and for more than a decade China has been the main processor of recyclables, not just from Europe, but also for much of the world. For a variety of reasons, including high levels of contamination, China has recently stopped accepting recycling material from outside its own borders. So with China closed as an outlet, the cost of recycling worldwide has escalated dramatically as more companies world-wide jostle for access to reduced outlets in the rest of the world.
Panda is committed to recycling in Ireland and in order to maintain Ireland's excellent recycling rate, it is critical that the cost of recycling is met Unfortunately, to meet increasing costs, we have to introduce charges for the recycling bin collection service. However, these charges will be relatively small and will be used to help maintain a sustainable recycling culture in Ireland.
Specifically, we will be charging just 80 cents per lift of your recycling bin and 4.5 cents per kg to collect, process and transport your recyclables, a relatively small price to pay to be able to continue to recycle in a sustainable manner for future generations.
Taking this charge into account Panda are still cheaper than the County Council were charging for their service 12 years ago when we first entered the market. Panda have since expanded the service to include a brown bin service for organic waste and a bin-washing service for all bins.
In accordance with clause 3 of our Terms and Conditions , we hereby give you notice of our intention to vary the price as stated above and such recycling charges will come into effect on 19th April 2018.
Please go to the following link to see a recent article in the Irish Examiner covering what Panda does with your recyclables in its recycling facility in Dublin:
http://bit.ly/Examinerart
Yours sincerely,
Panda Customer Care Team