Draft/work in progress key post on possible household waste collection options available to DCC residents. Since there are ongoing developments in this area I will update this thread as needed. Please post any comments, suggestions, info, corrections etc. here:
Key Post Dublin City Council area household refuse collection options - discussion
Operator|Annual charge|Lift charges|Notes
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[broken link removed]|€65|€3.20|
|Black 140L=€162{br}Black 240L=€220.50|Annual charge includes 26 lifts|
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Key Post Dublin City Council area household refuse collection options - discussion
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- Signing up of new customers on hold until "Spring 2012"
- Wicklow charges listed on website but may not be relevant to Dublin?
- I noticed refuse bags with Allen labels around my area (D7) recently
- But their website has no details on collection areas, charges etc.
- SDCC prices - do they operate in DCC areas?
- What sized bins?
- Pay as you go bag collection?
- Fingal prices are €88 p.a. (?) + €6.40 per lift
- Fixed annual fee option €199 p.a. (SDCC)
- Pay by weight option €48 p.a. + €0.25/KG black €0.24/KG brown (SDCC)
[broken link removed]|€65|€3.20|
- Do they operate in DCC areas?
- DLR prices
- Brown bin?
- Pay as you go bag collection?
- Pay by weight option €0.26/KG
- [broken link removed] €108 p.a. + €7.30 per lift
- At least 50% of annual charge payable by February 15th 2012
- They suggest keeping €12 credit in account at all times
- Automatic topup option available
- FAQ
- DCC bag labels accepted until 16th March 2012
- No annual charge for those on bag label collection.
- 240 litre
- Brown bin available in some areas at €12 per lift
- Pay as you go bag collection?
- Fixed monthly charge option: €20 p.m. = €240 p.a.
- Pay by use option: no annual charge + €14 per lift, but pay for three lifts in advance when signing up.
- No charge for green bin as long as it's put out with the black bin. Charged per lift if it's put out on its own.
- What areas do they cover? Expanding across Dublin?
- Many parts of Dublin covered, including Cabra and Sandymount
|Black 140L=€162{br}Black 240L=€220.50|Annual charge includes 26 lifts|
- Only cover specific areas of Dublin?
- Prices quoted net of 10% online discount
- 1/3/6/12 month payments options
- Brown bin?
- Pay as you go bag collection?
- Not taking on new SDCC/DCC customers "for the foreseeable future"
- [broken link removed] - do they operate in DCC areas?
- [broken link removed] are €110 p.a. + €8 per lift
- What sized bins?
- Brown bin?
- Pay as you go bag collection?
- €0.26/KG pay by weight option (DLR)
- Southside only?
- Not taking on any new customers in DCC areas?
- Brown bin?
- Pay as you go bag collection?
- Pay per lift or pay per weight options
- Things to remember
Notes:
- It looks like some or all operators may not be signing up new customers in DCC areas until issues relating to Greyhound getting the DCC contract have been resolved? So it may be that some or all DCC residents have no option but to go with Greyhound for now? But do they get any pro-rata refund of the annual charge if they switch mid-year?
- I am not sure which of the above operate in DCC areas. Some of the websites are not clear on this even though I have seen some of these operators in DCC areas. In some cases the charges listed are for an adjacent local authority area.
- I presume that they all collect green bins/bags for free.
- It's not clear if they all provide brown bins and what the lift charges are.
- It's not clear in all cases what the capacity of bins provided are - I presume 240L unless otherwise stated?
- Some people (in or around the city centre as far as I know?) including myself have always been on the DCC pay as you go bag collection with no annual charge. Greyhound provide this service but it's not clear if other operators provide this service.
- Home composting is an option to reduce brown bin charges.