The Zero Waste Blog

Government dithering dumps uncertainty on consumers pay-by-weight typical bin weights in EU The minority government is showing the Irish consumer two fingers today.  Their inability to grasp the nettle and agree a sustainable pricing model for pay by weight bin collection charges tells the consumer that their concerns on price gouging will not be dealt with.  Is this Government afraid of confronting the Waste Collection Industry? 60% It happened for the Guards and Teachers so

Waste Bin Pay-by-weight price hikes – how to fight back. With the new pay-by-weight charges coming into force on July 1, 2016, we are seeing a lot of profiteering taking place. Contracts already in place with consumers are being terminated and they are being offered new contracts with much higher overall charges in the majority of cases.  But is this fair? The new regime was supposed to cut costs for recycling consumers and encourage waste reduction. The standing charges, lif