My apartment block in Dublin recently acquired 4 huge green recycling bins, to go alongside the 8 huge steel bins. I reckon if you contacted Kildare County Council they'd be able to recommend a supplier of large recycling bins, thus enabling your neighbour do their bit for the environment while still maintaining the communal system of paying for refuse collection.
It has definitely had an impact in my complex - the green bins fill up quickly, with the result that the general bins are never more than 2/3 full when collected, as opposed to overflowing each week before the recycling bins were introduced.