DunLaoghaire Rathdown Co.Co. - shysters.

RainyDay said:
But to Rebecca & RD - It's really a catch-22 situation. Why should the Govt to anything serious about waste as long as you guys aren't prepared to act yourselves? Time for a bit of leading by example.
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I said I am still doing my bit. I just suspect that I'm wasting my time doing it and feel like a mug. Do you honestly believe that the government will follow my lead? I mean c'mon! This government?! And anyway, us doing our bit (recycling tetrapaks for example) is not the most efficient or sensible or cost effective way of sorting the problem. Us doing our bit takes the heat off the government who should be ensuring that the tetrapaks (for example) are not made in the first place.

Blindly following what the government prescribes does not make you a good citizen. It just makes you a sheep.

Rebecca
 
As MissRibena and I wave "Cliff Ahead" signs for the passing Lemmings.
here's a question for you all to ponder about how much our political leaders care about a clean city and a healthy environment....

Who put the thousands of Plastic cable ties on virtually every lamp post in every city in Ireland, and then left them there when the posters they were holding were removed?

'Nuff said about the environment, let's all get on with our lives.

-Rd
 
Sorry to invalidate your poetic sheep/lemming imagery, but I'm not pushing recycling because the inspirational Martin Cullen did one of his great ad campaigns, I'm pushing recycling because it's the right thing to do.

The problem with making the green bin free is that it removes any incentive to Reduce and Reuse in preference to recycling.

And finally, I can only speak for Labour in Dublin South but we make a conscious effort to make 100% certain to remove the cable ties from our own posters, and any other leftover cable ties that happen to be there. I find it hard to believe that we're the only political activists who care enough to do this, but I can't say I've scrutinised many lampposts.
 
"The problem with making the green bin free is that it removes any incentive to Reduce and Reuse in preference to recycling".

Not really.
 
ParkLane said:
"The problem with making the green bin free is that it removes any incentive to Reduce and Reuse in preference to recycling".

Not really.
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OK then - to be more specific

"The problem with making the green bin free is that it removes any financial incentive to Reduce and Reuse in preference to recycling".
 
I find it hard to believe that we're the only political activists who care enough to do this, but I can't say I've scrutinised many lampposts.
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Well scrutinise then. Beause there's a hell of a lot of them especially in Dublin. And they weren't ALL left by the Green Party. My solution to this is to require each party to use Colour Coded Ties.

-Rd
 
The items that I place in my Green Bin do they have any value? I mean all my old paper, cans etc x 12 times per year. Is someone making a profit on this? If so why am I going to pay Dun Laoghaire Rathdown €100 so that someone can make a profit on my hard work of sorting.
 
No-one is making a profit from the recyclable materials afaik. The costs of recycling generally exceed the costs of making from scratch.
 
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