A second green bin?
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Not with Panda, Greyhound, Thorntons, didn't bother checking any others. Used to be free with all but hasn't been for a few years now AFAIK.
I think on panda a green bin is €1 or so and black bin the guts of €10 (approx). I'm just finding I'm having to compact the green bin a lot and even then sometimes the overflow goes into the black bin. I also started trying to get more into the green bin in terms of washing more packaging so it could go in the green. Then with lockdown more online stuff means more packaging.
So it's obviously cheaper and maybe more environmentally friendly to make more use of the green bin. A neighbour has got a second bin.
I was even considering some sort of shredder, compactor. But a second bin seemed easier.
So it's obviously cheaper and maybe more environmentally friendly to make more use of the green bin. A neighbour has got a second bin.
I was even considering some sort of shredder, compactor. But a second bin seemed easier.
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Panda charge for a lift and weight for their Green bins. It was introduced in 2018 after China stopped accepting recyclables from outside China.
I think it had more to do with people putting so many non recyclable things, including dirty nappies, into their green bin.
Panda used to include the green bin in their yearly service charge but a couple of years ago they started charging for this service
€0.80 for the lift and €0.45 per Kg of green waste giving a rough average of €1.50 per lift
Have to say when this service started it was great, nearly everything went into this bin and it was put out for collection every two weeks
Now because a lot of packaging material is not recyclable it goes out once a month or once every six weeks
and we find ourselves going to Ballyogan RC every quarter with a couple of black bags of waste that can't be put in the green bins anymore
€0.80 for the lift and €0.45 per Kg of green waste giving a rough average of €1.50 per lift
Have to say when this service started it was great, nearly everything went into this bin and it was put out for collection every two weeks
Now because a lot of packaging material is not recyclable it goes out once a month or once every six weeks
and we find ourselves going to Ballyogan RC every quarter with a couple of black bags of waste that can't be put in the green bins anymore
I think the amount of packaging, paper, cardboard has really exploded in the last couple of years. Its excessive.
Ditto with the food shopping. An excess of packaging.
The local recycling center is always queued at the weekends, so it just takes too long to drop things into it.
Ditto with the food shopping. An excess of packaging.
The local recycling center is always queued at the weekends, so it just takes too long to drop things into it.
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They contacted customers about putting non recycling in the green bin and said they'd be charged and have their lifts refused.
The introduction of charges is to do with China
Waste company Panda introduces green bin charges
China’s recent ban on plastics and paper sparks global increase in recycling prices
www.irishtimes.com
I can't find a link but I heard the head of one of the collection companies on the radio saying that the reason was that because of the new regulations they had to employ more people to remove contaminated and unsuitable waste from the green bins. He said if people followed the rules there would be no collectio charge but up to 30% of what went in was not recyclable.They contacted customers about putting non recycling in the green bin and said they'd be charged and have their lifts refused.
The introduction of charges is to do with China
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Waste company Panda introduces green bin charges
China’s recent ban on plastics and paper sparks global increase in recycling prices
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There's loads of links saying that it is because of China, so maybe that's the real reason?
Panda to introduce recycling charge for customers
The General Manager of Panda Recycling has said charging for green bin collections will help Ireland continue to recycle.
Q&A: What is behind the new Panda recycling charge?
Fees for mixed dry recyclables coming for some consumers from middle of next month
I think this is the link you are looking for, which is not the reason for them introducing charges on the green bin
645 Panda customers must pay €9.35 after 'contaminating' bins
One in 20 Panda customers in north Dublin have been forced to pay higher charges because they routinely contaminate their recycling bin.
I think that guy was making the point that the Chinese would take the waste if people actually followed the rules. They weren't willing to take contaminated waste any more so they had to employ extra people to sort through it in more detail.There's loads of links saying that it is because of China, so maybe that's the real reason?
Panda to introduce recycling charge for customers
The General Manager of Panda Recycling has said charging for green bin collections will help Ireland continue to recycle.www.rte.ie
Q&A: What is behind the new Panda recycling charge?
Fees for mixed dry recyclables coming for some consumers from middle of next monthwww.irishtimes.com
I think this is the link you are looking for, which is not the reason for them introducing charges on the green bin
645 Panda customers must pay €9.35 after 'contaminating' bins
One in 20 Panda customers in north Dublin have been forced to pay higher charges because they routinely contaminate their recycling bin.www.herald.ie
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The instances of people actually being fined must surely be tiny if non existent? Once the bin is emptied into the truck there is no way of telling who stuck a nappy into the middle of a jammed bin.
I presume it is reliant on the binmen who are actually grabbing people's bins and bringing them up to the truck to be emptied... which is automated so the guy is often looking away or lining up the next bin... and mostly obscured from their view even if they were looking... and they're run off their feet hauling bins and chasing down the truck so don't seem likely to whip out an iPad and document the non-compliance... and it's dark these morning when they're collecting. Maybe somebody is going to tell me there's a camera that watches each bin being tipped into the truck and associates the video clip with the ID read from the bin?
EDIT: Rant retracted, it seems we have the technology and the bin trucks do indeed take video footage of bins being emptied in and correlate it to the bin lifted. Colour me impressed!
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Actually, that is exactly what they do.
I was putting glass in the green bin, unaware that it was no longer allowed.
I got a letter with the photo informing me that I was putting items in the bin which werent allowed and I would be fined if it happened again.
The photo was very clear and from the contents, I could tell , it was my green bin.
I was putting glass in the green bin, unaware that it was no longer allowed.
I got a letter with the photo informing me that I was putting items in the bin which werent allowed and I would be fined if it happened again.
The photo was very clear and from the contents, I could tell , it was my green bin.
