Bin company asking what I do with food and garden waste

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I compost all food and garden waste at the back of the garden for veg patch and flower compost, so I do not have a compost bin from my bin company.

I got a text from them saying I have am "legally required" to tell them what I do with my food waste.

Really!!! What business is it of theirs?
I am just not going to reply, but has anybody heard of such a law?
I put all the correct items into the glass/recycle and general bin, so whats the big deal?
I live alone and dont generate a lot of waste anyway
Its not like I am fly tipping my leftover food or grass cuttings somewhere or anything like that
 
I have a dog and a mulching mower. Apple cores and such like get left out for the birds on their tables, I boil spuds in their jackets and the dog eats the peels unless they're new spuds in which case she starves :) Cooking for one I don't have much food waste - the dog eats what little there might be and also licks plates and stuff for me so I save a bit on dish-washer cycles. I burn weeds as they poke their heads through patio slabs or driveway, I send coffee grounds and plastic containers back to the manufacturer thanks to a steer from AAM posters. Am I green or just mean?
 
We haven't had a refuse collection since March '24 when I told Panda not so politely to go take a hike
They don't seem interested in my business or getting their bins back
Like @mathepac above we don't seem to generate a lot of waste, food and garden waste is composted
Recyclable waste is brought to our local Lidl and my black bin is about 3/4 full at the moment

I will probably in the new year sign up with the only other provider in my area Greyhound
but if they go down the same shoddy route that Panda did then I'll kick them to the kerb as well
 
AndroidMan said:
What business is it of theirs?

I put all the correct items into the glass/recycle and general bin, so whats the big deal?
I live alone and dont generate a lot of waste anyway
Its not like I am fly tipping my leftover food or grass cuttings somewhere or anything like that
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Presumably you believe that your waste company is already aware of all of those facts? But perhaps they're not psychic, so why not simply tell them?

Personally, I'm pleased to read that someone is following up on this sort of thing. I wish that our local Council did the same, as my neighbour still burns his rubbish in his back garden because he's too mean to pay for refuse collection.
 
Cervelo said:
We haven't had a refuse collection since March '24 when I told Panda not so politely to go take a hike
my black bin is about 3/4 full at the moment
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You've been storing a black bin containing non-recyclable non-compostable refuse for more than a year and a half? Yikes! :eek:
 
ClubMan said:
Yikes! :eek:
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Not sure why the "Yikes" as you say "non recyclable" and "non compostable"
but also non smelling and the bin looks just the same whether full or empty
Maybe your bin smells but mine does not!!
Marsupial said:
That's nothing; just imagine the hight of his dog-dropping heap! (his neighbours must be on very strong anti-depressants!)
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Think you're confusing me with a dog owner which I'm not ;)
 
Seems a bit pointless unless it is a property which obviously doesn't have a garden... even people who aren't composting will just say so, and the bin company are hardly going to check one way or another.
 
Cervelo said:
I told Panda not so politely to go take a hike
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I'm on the point of doing that. The waste goes in a black plastic sack in the kitchen and from there to the Panda bin - no loose stuff. Twice recently they've somehow managed to burst the sacks and leave rubbish in the roadway. I cleaned it up each time and phoned them to complain. Their call centre is staffed by Asian-accented personnel though I've no idea where it's located. Once more and I'm done with them, that plus their weird method of tracking payments and invoices with no overall account statement available - I've invented my own and have successfully challenged their method of doing sums.
 
The whole waste collection thing is dysfunctional, not to mention contradictory. I can bring all the paper, carboard, plastics etc up to Ballyogan Re-cycling facility for free - yet if I put it in the green bin I get charged for the collection (plus service charge.)

The same facility will take a car or SUV load of general (black bin) waste for €30 a shot. Someone living alone who isn't a big consumer could possibly get away with two or three trips per year and save a fortune.
 
Lived in Ireland 30 years now and never had a bin collection. We generate a tiny amount of waste, a moderate amount of clean recyclables, and that that can all sit in covered bins outside until our approx triannual trip to the civic amenity centre. Yesterday's 'trip to the tip' cost a grand total of €7! We keep the receipts as proof in case anyone asks but they never have. Anything compostable finds its way to the garden compost bin.
Howth Head said:
The same facility will take a car or SUV load of general (black bin) waste for €30. Someone living alone who isn't a big consumer could possibly get away with two or three trips per year and save a fortune.
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Two of us here, but you're not wrong.
 
Howth Head said:
The whole waste collection thing is dysfunctional, not to mention contradictory. I can bring all the paper, carboard, plastics etc up to Ballyogan Re-cycling facility for free
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To confirm how contradictory it is, I have to pay into my recycling centre in Co Louth as it's privately run.(it still works out cheaper than using my recycling bin)
 
I pay Panda a flat fee of €20 a month plus the government levy. I never go over my 40 kg a month black bin allowance, so my monthly bill is usually €20.50.
My black bin usually only goes out once a month, brown and green go out full every 2 weeks.
My local recycling facility is free for green but charges €30 a car for general waste and €8 a car for garden waste. Every household is different, but no way would it be cheaper or practical for me to go it alone. I think I get good value for €246 a year with Panda.
 
So my point is, the bin company is scare mongering, telling me I am "legally requured" to tell them what I do with my waste and thos would cause paranoia /panic for some people

Maybe I keep it under my bed, in the loft, sell it or just compost it.. its an unnecessary question and my own business I think!
Whatever next?!!
 
From the legislation I linked to earlier ..

waste collectors will be obliged to keep records of customers not availing of a food waste collection service and to make this information available to the relevant local authority on request
all households will be obliged to segregate their food waste and either have the food waste collected by an authorised collector, compost the food waste or bring the food waste to an authorised facility
households not availing of a food waste service will be required to notify their collector in writing, together with details of how they will manage their food waste

Not scaremongering, a legal requirement
 
The contents of our black bin was photographed recently. Attention was drawn to three items deemed 'non compliant'. One was a vacuum dustbag that they described as 'paper'. Another was a cellephane wrapper of a crisps packet inside a bagged collection of waste.

We have two garden compost bins that are well used. I have two brown bins from Panda that are usually rammed with woody garden waste not suitable for composting. Food waste such as cooked food eg bones would be a tiny amount so it goes in the main bin.

I used to take garden waste to the dump. But then decided against it when weighed up cost of trip in my time and petrol and damage to car of escaping snails/spiders on top of charge to enter the dump.
 
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