Proposal: "Make landlords responsible for tenants' waste collection"

[Brendan Burgess]

Dublin’s dumpers have ‘no sense of pride’, says council waste chief

New legislation should make landlords responsible for tenants’ waste contracts, says Dublin City Council’s head of waste management

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Some residents of Dublin’s north inner city have “no sense of pride for their community” and “dump their waste daily” in the street, according to a report from Dublin City Council’s head of waste management.

Large numbers of “multi-let” properties in the northeast inner city generated a “huge amount of waste” and a change in legislation to make landlords responsible for their tenants’ waste collection should be considered, Barry Woods said.

 

[Dr Strangelove]

DCC has statutory powers to issue fines for litter offences but barely uses them. A huge ramping-up of enforcement along with naming and shaming offenders would be a start.

Combine that with a publicity campaign telling residents how to report dumping would make a big difference. I report illegal dumping to DCC via their online portal whenever I see it and it’s usually cleared up within 24 hours. They have a ticketing system which they clear.

 

[Luternau]

change in legislation to make landlords responsible for their tenants’ waste collection should be considered, Barry Woods said

Ha..what a hair-brained cop out from DCC.

So the solution is to make a landlord responsible for tenant refuse even though none have waste permits or any remit over waste?

Are landlords supposed to suck up these costs given they can't increase rents to cover refuse?

Whats next, a landlord is reponsible for ensuring their tenant has a TV licence, Dog licence and is clearing up after said dog while out on walkies?

 

[mathepac]

As I see it this is yet another cop-out by a public service organisation. They hold the remit for keeping their part of the city tidy and for collecting the waste and litter. Now they want the wages but not the work. Surprised much anyone?

 

[Brendan Burgess]

The proposed idea is crazy.

But it must be impossible to keep these streets clean if people are dumping their refuse on the street every day.

And rubbish attracts rubbish. People tend not to dump on a pristine street. But if the street is already littered, then people will just think that their extra piece won't make any difference.

 

[AlbacoreA]

Seems everyone except the person doing the dumping is responsible.

Moral hazard.

 

[mathepac]

It seems so long ago but on holidays with the country cousins in their neck of the woods the question often asked by the younger ones was "Are you really from Dirty Dublin?" Even then.

 

[ClubMan]

Large numbers of “multi-let” properties in the northeast inner city generated a “huge amount of waste”

It's far from specific to that area of the city in my experience - it's all over the place.

 

[Nordkapp]

It’s in rental agreements that the tenants must use a waste contractor, no reason to put that onto the landlord

 

[Marsupial]

Surely Dublin City Council is among the biggest landlords in Dublin's Inner City? Does it take responsibility for its tenants' rubbish?

 

[The Horseman]

Seriously is it the 1st of April?

 

[KOW]

What clown came up with this proposal.

 

[ClubMan]

From the article it doesn't really sound like an actual concrete proposal as opposed to a council official carelessly thinking out loud to a journalist.

 

[mathepac]

It just came to me, all of a shot ...

I'm really, really sorry

 

[lff12]

They mean pre-63s. And there is certainly an issue there, because such tenants don't have individual contracts & you couldn't possibly have a case where a pre-63 with 12 flats suddenly gets 12 bins, all sitting out on the pavement. Its for the same reason that managed apartment blocks often have commercial sized bins used communally. Pre-63s need to be the same.

Of course its nonsense for homes not in multiple occupation and landlords certainly shouldn't be held liable for these.