Still no word from Greenstar about how much we'll have to pay from July. I currently pay €9 per month standing charge, €11.50 per lift for the waste bin and €4.50 per lift for the compost bin. I can understand the per kg charge for the waste bin which goes to landfill but the compost bin doesn't go to landfill so why change the pricing! I have a 140l compost bin which when full probably weights at least 100kg so at 15c per kg is going to cost me €15 per lift versus €4.50 at present !! Hard to say how much the waste bin will weight as it depends on what's in it.
Greenstar in Fingal are:
€13 per month standing charge
0.33 per kilo - general waste
0.20 per kilo - compost
0.00 per kilo - recycling
Greenstar in Fingal are:
€13 per month standing charge
0.33 per kilo - general waste
0.20 per kilo - compost
0.00 per kilo - recycling
I suspect you may have overestimated that. My 240l waste bin, albeit not a compost bin, which is filled to the brim every two weeks, is not easy to move and weighs in (if the Panda website is to be believed) @ 32Kg.I have a 140l compost bin which when full probably weights at least 100kg
Have to say and said it before, FG has serious question marks over its competency to get basic stuff right in Government. The water fiasco, garda stations, health and now this waste fiasco.
I suspect you may have overestimated that. My 240l waste bin, albeit not a compost bin, which is filled to the brim every two weeks, is not easy to move and weighs in (if the Panda website is to be believed) @ 32Kg.
Just thinking here, and trying to think of any reason why all the providers seem to be massively increasing service charges... I wonder is it due to there no longer being an incentive to wait until your bin is full before putting it out for collection? For example, up to now in my 2 person household, the black bin is only put out on average once every 8 months when it's full. From now on, I'll pay the same regardless if I continue to wait until it's full, or put out whatever is there every collection day. So a 17 fold increase in the collection effort for the provider for the same lift fees.
Just thinking here, and trying to think of any reason why all the providers seem to be massively increasing service charges... I wonder is it due to there no longer being an incentive to wait until your bin is full before putting it out for collection? For example, up to now in my 2 person household, the black bin is only put out on average once every 8 months when it's full. From now on, I'll pay the same regardless if I continue to wait until it's full, or put out whatever is there every collection day. So a 17 fold increase in the collection effort for the provider for the same lift fees.
Under the watchful eye of FGBut a lot of the problem here isn't of the government's making. It's the providers using the opportunity to double service charges is the real kicker.