Having to pay for green waste

lukegriffen

I've just found out that Ballyogan dump are now charging €5 for green waste (grasses etc.) Grrr. Talk about discouraging people from recycling. My grass is now going to go in the bottom of my grey bin.

Unless someone knows of a dump near south Dublin which has no charges for green waste.

Thank god an election is just around the corner

Stark

Sounds rediculous alright.

Maybe you could get a compost bin?

mickoneill30

lukegriffen wrote:

Thank god an election is just around the corner

Is it a FF policy? If it's an government issue wouldn't everybody be paying for it?

galactus

mickoneill30 wrote:

Is it a FF policy? If it's an government issue wouldn't everybody be paying for it?

Its a Green Party policy.

Of course Bertie's green now. As well as being a socialist and a republican.

bonkey

lukegriffen wrote:

I've just found out that Ballyogan dump are now charging €5 for green waste (grasses etc.) Grrr. Talk about discouraging people from recycling.

Huh?

Exactly how do you recycle green waste?
Indeed, how do you recycle anything by dumping it?

Surely you mean "Talk about discouraging people from bringing compostable waste to a dump" ???

And if thats the case...I don't honestly see the problem. Besides...why should any dump not charge you a handling fee? Do you think dumps are free to run?

silverharp

lukegriffen wrote:

I've just found out that Ballyogan dump are now charging €5 for green waste (grasses etc.) Grrr. Talk about discouraging people from recycling. My grass is now going to go in the bottom of my grey bin.

Unless someone knows of a dump near south Dublin which has no charges for green waste.

Thank god an election is just around the corner

Grass doesn't decompose very easily if you put it in a compost bin first, leave it in a small pile to dry out then add to compost bin gradually. I can't imagine having a garden without a compst bin. It's a heck of a lot easier then filling bin bags every week or driving somewhere. I have a shredder as well that deals with small branches etc. I don't know what it is but I find the compost bin very satisfying

karen3212

I think people could be encouraged to recycle if we were charged a little more per bin of waste, and a little less per bin of recycling stuff. At the moment I pay the same for waste and recyclables.

riccol1966

Related to this, but slightly off topic, how many of you have to pay to give your recyclables (e.g. plastic bottles, glass bottles etc) to your dump. My local dump (carlow) has started charging a nominal fee for this, and the dump workers themselves told me that people are now dumping more of their recyclables in with their rubbish. From a consumer point of view it makes sense, as 50 plastic bottles will add almost nothing to the cost of the 'pay-by-weight' dump charge but could cost EUR2-3 to recycle if you choose to each time.


It is an absolute disgrace that any local authority can be allowed to charge for recycling. And it makes a mockery of all the adds and advice telling us to recycle. Everywhere else in Europe people are incentivised to recycle, by firstly receiving free recycling bins, and/or a credit towards the main waste charge, AND the authorities usually come and collect it from peoples houses. In other words, if people are prepared to recycle, they reciprocate in kind. But here, I am asked to a) sort it and grade it myself b) transport it at my own expense to the local recycling centre c) asked to pay again at the recycling point. And finally, this very commodity, be it glass, or plastic, is actually bought and sold on the open market by the authorities. So the government gets paid twice for it! Who's fooling who?

Absolute Madness.

Zaph

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that DLRCC will be using everyone's dumped green waste as compost for themselves. So not only do they save by not having to buy commercial compost, but they get paid for taking this free compost off people's hands. Something wrong there.

As for the suggestion that the OP gets a compost bin, well not everyone wants one. I have small front and back gardens that I'm quite happy with in their current state, i.e. mainly grass with a few shrubs at the sides, just as they were when I bought the house. I've absolutely no interest in gardening, so I really have no need for anything other than a small bit of lawn feed, and certainly not the large amounts of compost that I could produce from my grass cuttings.

bonkey

riccol1966 wrote:

It is an absolute disgrace that any local authority can be allowed to charge for recycling. ... So the government gets paid twice for it! Who's fooling who?

I don't know who's fooling who.

I'd need to see whether or not they're charging for recycling because they couldn't afford it otherwise, or because they want to make a quick buck of it.

If its the former, then they're not fooling anyone. They're offering a service, passing on the costs they cannot cover.

Or can you actually show that they're turning it into a cash-cow, rather than just explaining how you think they might be? If not, it could be you who's fooling people and not them.