Best bin bargain?

RandomName2

Sorry if this as been already addresed...

Which of the bin service providers would people generally consider to be the best?

How many providers are there even available? County council, Panda, Greenstar... any others...?

As far as I currently know Panda is the cheapest... but quality of service may be another matter...

congo_90

where you posting from op?

dudara

OP, let me know where you're located and I'll be able to move your question to a more suited forum.

Cabaal

Depends on your area,
I personally don't pay any monthly bin charges, instead I sort recycled material myself and get rid of it to a depot every 8 weeks.

I have one bag of actual rubbish every 6 weeks and I have a green cone for meet and veg, so overall it costs me about 15e every two months to do all this.

Much bigger saving over 25e a month set fee for wheelie bins

irishfeller

City bin co are very good value but they have a limited route in dublin.

6 euro per black bin. green bin free. no admin charges.

They are way cheaper than Fingal co co which used to collect my rubbish - I dont understand why more people aren't switching to them.

RandomName2

irishfeller wrote: »

City bin co are very good value but they have a limited route in dublin.

6 euro per black bin. green bin free. no admin charges.

They are way cheaper than Fingal co co which used to collect my rubbish - I dont understand why more people aren't switching to them.

Have you a website or number for them?

I am in south county dublin

ProjectColossus

If you are in the Dun Laoighre Rathdown area, Panda collect at a good price. I'm in Stillorgan and they have free green bin collection every 2 weeks (including glass) and charge €3.20 per black bin collection + €0.20 per kg so for a bin with 4kgs of waste, €4 per pickup.

http://www.panda.ie/household/dun_laoghaire_rathdown_waste_management_prices.aspx

dudara

Moved to Dublin County South

dudara

Cookie_Monster

Panda definitly.

I've only paid 36 a quarter on average for last 3 quarters.

put black bin out once every 3/4 weeks and they take glass in the green one which is a major benefit over the CC

the groutch

panda, greenstar etc may be cheaper than the council, but not necessarily the best choice

with the council you can pretty much pay as much or a little as you want at your own leisure once you pay some nominal amount every so often, they're too busy dealing with those who point-blank refuse to pay anything

with a private company, if you don't pay promptly they'd be on to you alot quicker

Cookie_Monster

the groutch wrote: »

panda, greenstar etc may be cheaper than the council, but not necessarily the best choice

with the council you can pretty much pay as much or a little as you want at your own leisure once you pay some nominal amount every so often, they're too busy dealing with those who point-blank refuse to pay anything

with a private company, if you don't pay promptly they'd be on to you alot quicker

Well I'm assuming that the OP is actually a decent person who will pay his bills regardless and not some free loader trying to just dump his waste on the council.

Apologies if that too much to ask.:rolleyes:

irishfeller

RandomName2 wrote: »

Have you a website or number for them?

I am in south county dublin

http://www.citybin.com/

RandomName2

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Well I'm assuming that the OP is actually a decent person who will pay his bills regardless and not some free loader trying to just dump his waste on the council.

Apologies if that too much to ask.:rolleyes:

I have heard that the council service is going private due to financial losses...

Although I was previously worried that Panda was undercharging and would go under [like Smart Telecom] or hike their prices coupled with rigorous contracts, my misgivings don't seem to have been realised. To be fair to the council, they provide a good service, but, you know, every penny counts...