Household Waste

Dark and Long

Hi, I've just moved to Dundalk and looking to set up a household waste collection, can anyone give me an idea of what providers there are available and prices/plans? I know it's changing to pay by weight soon, maybe some of you have gotten an indication from the local providers how this will work and be priced also? Cheers for any info!

Mezamo

Dark and Long wrote: »

Hi, I've just moved to Dundalk and looking to set up a household waste collection, can anyone give me an idea of what providers there are available and prices/plans? I know it's changing to pay by weight soon, maybe some of you have gotten an indication from the local providers how this will work and be priced also? Cheers for any info!

I'm with Ecological as they were the cheapest and you get a discount if you pay for the full year up front. I haven't heard anything from them about pay by weight yet. I think ACE bins do a pay by lift service and Oxigen also service the area.

mejulie805

Sadly Oxigen are abolishing their pay by lift service from Friday week, and as a pay by lift customer who wasn't even told this, I couldn't recommend them. Currently looking for a new provider myself.

Mr Magnolia

I'm with Ecological myself, I found them the most competitive when I was searching round.

BlueLass

mejulie805 wrote: »

Sadly Oxigen are abolishing their pay by lift service from Friday week, and as a pay by lift customer who wasn't even told this, I couldn't recommend them. Currently looking for a new provider myself.

Really??? I'm with them too on pay by lift and haven't heard anything, where did you get your info? Time to start looking at all providers and what's out there.

Mr Magnolia

Probably related to the pay by weight due to start in July. Don't know how prepared the collectors are.

Cortina_MK_IV

BlueLass wrote: »

Really??? I'm with them too on pay by lift and haven't heard anything, where did you get your info? Time to start looking at all providers and what's out there.

I got an email from Oxigen last November with 7 PDFs for different things. I filed it away and put it on the back burner. I just emailed them to get an idea of rates. Not sure if I'll change yet.

Edit. - Just seen this thread:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057608766

mejulie805

BlueLass wrote: »

Really??? I'm with them too on pay by lift and haven't heard anything, where did you get your info? Time to start looking at all providers and what's out there.

Well everyone in work was talking about this pay by Weight service so I rang up as I hadnt heard from Oxigen... it took about 10 mins of asking for the guy (Stephen- the only Stephen in the call centre he assures me :pac:) that they will be aboloshing the pay by lift service, and with 15 days to go to the new charges, they still havent shared them. This puts me in a very crappy situation as I already recycle the hell out of my waste and go to the recycling centre every couple of weeks. Bin usually only goes out every 3-4 months, so it was a perfect service for me

tayto lover

mejulie805 wrote: »

Well everyone in work was talking about this pay by Weight service so I rang up as I hadnt heard from Oxigen... it took about 10 mins of asking for the guy (Stephen- the only Stephen in the call centre he assures me :pac:) that they will be aboloshing the pay by lift service, and with 15 days to go to the new charges, they still havent shared them. This puts me in a very crappy situation as I already recycle the hell out of my waste and go to the recycling centre every couple of weeks. Bin usually only goes out every 3-4 months, so it was a perfect service for me

You're no good to them. It's money they want from you.
Bin companies are more interested in making money than they are in you saving it.

mejulie805

tayto lover wrote: »

You're no good to them. It's money they want from you.
Bin companies are more interested in making money than they are in you saving it.

Sadly that is true! It's a shame though, cos this pay by weight thing is meant to push people towards recycling, but the people who are already doing it are going to be the most affected by cost increases!

tayto lover

mejulie805 wrote: »

Sadly that is true! It's a shame though, cos this pay by weight thing is meant to push people towards recycling, but the people who are already doing it are going to be the most affected by cost increases!

Plus the fact that if everyone re-cycled, as they should, the bin companies would increase the charges for lifting the other bins because they have to make a profit.

Cortina_MK_IV

Heard back from Oxigen.

Our new Pay by Weight price letter is being emailed to customers over the next few days. There will be a monthly service charge and a price per kilo thereafter. All information will be sent to you shortly.

They are dragging their heels a bit, pity they are not as slow taking payment. I'd be like mejulie805 above and pretty fastidious about recycling. Since 21st March they have taken 0kg from me in general waste, :eek: so they'll love me for PBW. I currently pay €28 per month standing charge so is it possible I'll save money?

Dark and Long

Cheers for the replies, I'll look into Ecological.

OkeyDoke12

I'm with ecological also but haven't heard anything about there pay by weight policy yet?

Cortina_MK_IV

No change on their website either.

everlast75

AES sent an email around advising of the fact changes were on the way but when you clicked on the link the page was unavailable

BlueLass

Anyone got any word from Ace or Ecological yet?? Seems only Oxigen have released prices. Does anyone know if the bin companies are adhering to the proposed price freeze as it looks like I'm going to paying at least 200% more on pay by weight so I can't figure out how a price freeze would benefit me!!

toby2111

I'm with ACE, rang them last week. Lady said my direct debit will remain the same. Although ACE do now have an online section were I can see the monthly weight of my 2 bins this year so far..... And if they do bring in a pricing structure similar to other bin companies I will definitely be paying, on average, double or more per month.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

BlueLass wrote: »

Anyone got any word from Ace or Ecological yet?? Seems only Oxigen have released prices. Does anyone know if the bin companies are adhering to the proposed price freeze as it looks like I'm going to paying at least 200% more on pay by weight so I can't figure out how a price freeze would benefit me!!

Everything is in limbo now. ACE are continuing with the pay by lift and no monthly charge but tags are gone and replaced by topping up your account card.

Jake The Fat Ma

I got a letter from Ace this morning.
1.85/weekly service charge.
general waste 28c/kg
recycling bin 14c/kg
Brown bin 20c/kg.

neacy69

are these the correct rates for oxigen?

Product code: 1.1
Oxigen NE - Dundalk/Carrick

Brown Bin available: No Whats this nonsense?

Service charge €134.00

Black lift Free
Green lift Free

Black kg rate €0.33
Green kg rate €0.00

Minimum Balance:
€15.00

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Jake The Fat Ma wrote: »

I got a letter from Ace this morning.
1.85/weekly service charge.
general waste 28c/kg
recycling bin 14c/kg
Brown bin 20c/kg.

I'm totally confused now as that flies in the face of what they told me over the phone.

Jake The Fat Ma

Alberto Blue Vestibule wrote: »

I'm totally confused now as that flies in the face of what they told me over the phone.

That's all I know. As far as I can see my bin price is going to double

toby2111

Alberto Blue Vestibule wrote: »

I'm totally confused now as that flies in the face of what they told me over the phone.

Not sure about this but I think they may have an "opt in" policy whereby you can choose pay by weight immediately. Honestly,cant see anyone opting in at those prices!

Cortina_MK_IV

neacy69 wrote: »

are these the correct rates for oxigen? <snip>

Did you get an email/letter? I haven't heard from them yet.

neacy69

Cortina_MK_IV wrote: »

Did you get an email/letter? I haven't heard from them yet.

on the website:

https://www.oxigen.ie/domestic-services/switch-to-oxigen-now-pbw.html

Its actually just updated (its a terrible website!)

Product code: 1.1
Oxigen NE - Dundalk/Carrick

Brown Bin available: Yes

Service charge €134.00

Black lift Free
Green lift Free
Brown lift Free

Black kg rate €0.33
Green kg rate €0.00
Brown kg rate €0.19

Minimum Balance:
€15.00

Cortina_MK_IV

Thanks, I hadn't checked the website in a few day was waiting on the "email" I was told was being sent out.

mejulie805

Ended up talking to a supervisor about the pay by lift in Oxigen. She said that the government specified yearly charges stay the same, never said anything about PBL. They haven't contacted the PBL customers for this reason so still waiting to find out.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Letter from Ace this morning.

Pay by lift customers remains at 20 per waste bin and 6 per recycle bin,


Monthly tag customers 30 per month for 2x 240l waste and 2x 240l recycle.?


No monthly service charge.



Happy days!

Jake The Fat Ma

Alberto Blue Vestibule wrote: »

Letter from Ace this morning.

Pay by lift customers remains at 20 per waste bin and 6 per recycle bin,


Monthly tag customers 30 per month for 2x 240l waste and 2x 240l recycle.?


No monthly service charge.



Happy days!

Where abouts do you live.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Jake The Fat Ma wrote: »

Where abouts do you live.

Rural Louth

Jake The Fat Ma

Alberto Blue Vestibule wrote: »

Rural Louth

So do I. Did u get different letter the other day.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Jake The Fat Ma wrote: »

So do I. Did u get different letter the other day.

No this the first since receiving a barcode label a couple of weeks ago.

Give them a buzz if confused as they're nice to deal with.

ZeRoY

mejulie805 wrote: »

Sadly Oxigen are abolishing their pay by lift service from Friday week, and as a pay by lift customer who wasn't even told this, I couldn't recommend them. Currently looking for a new provider myself.

Based on personal calculation here, for a family of 4, im looking at 36e / month as opposed to 26e / month before. And thats with similar weight usage, something I can improve on. Not bad at all.

Product code: 1.1
Oxigen NE - Dundalk/Carrick

Brown Bin available: Yes

Service charge €134.00

Black lift Free
Green lift Free
Brown lift Free

Black kg rate €0.33
Green kg rate €0.00
Brown kg rate €0.19

Minimum Balance:
€15.00

Jake The Fat Ma

Alberto Blue Vestibule wrote: »

No this the first since receiving a barcode label a couple of weeks ago.

Give them a buzz if confused as they're nice to deal with.

I got another letter from ace and it says ignore all previous correspondence. As it staying the same as it is now.

Jake The Fat Ma

Jake The Fat Ma wrote: »

I got another letter from ace and it says ignore all previous correspondence. As it staying the same as it is now.

Noticed the section on PBW has been removed from their website. I suppose everything is basically as it is until next summer. The local shop had got in a new consignment of tags last week. They delivered me a recycle bin last week too. Its unlikely i'll use it as most of my recyclables go to the bottle banks and V&W on the Newry Rd.

MugMugs

Bit late to the party here. Am I right in taking it that Oxigen are changing the terms of their pay per lift but haven't actually communicated this out?

ZeRoY

MugMugs wrote: »

Bit late to the party here. Am I right in taking it that Oxigen are changing the terms of their pay per lift but haven't actually communicated this out?

Nothing changes for another year, usual Service Fee only til 01/07/2017

MugMugs

Cheers

mejulie805

MugMugs wrote: »

Bit late to the party here. Am I right in taking it that Oxigen are changing the terms of their pay per lift but haven't actually communicated this out?

ZeRoY wrote: »

Nothing changes for another year, usual Service Fee only til 01/07/2017

I'm not sure on this one. I mentioned before about speaking to a supervisor in Oxigen about this and she told me that the 12 month delay was assigned to the main system with service charges, and never addressed PBL services. She said everything will stay the same until 1-Aug at least, but she had no more info. She said she'd leave a note on my account saying they will lift my bin one more time after August under the current system, as I put out the bin so rarely, but that something will be changing for PBL customers sooner than July '17.

MugMugs

mejulie805 wrote: »

I'm not sure on this one. I mentioned before about speaking to a supervisor in Oxigen about this and she told me that the 12 month delay was assigned to the main system with service charges, and never addressed PBL services. She said everything will stay the same until 1-Aug at least, but she had no more info. She said she'd leave a note on my account saying they will lift my bin one more time after August under the current system, as I put out the bin so rarely, but that something will be changing for PBL customers sooner than July '17.

Great company really.

Ring them up, ask about changes to their system and they're "not sure"

I'd actually stick with them if they just upped the price per lift but I refuse to allow them just eat away at my money for effectively doing nothing.

mejulie805

That's how I'm feeling too... a PBL that had a flat rate + weight charge would work for me! The irregularity suits me!

toby2111

Anyone with Ecological? I'm going to switch to them as they offer two 240 litre general waste bin lifts per fortnight which we need!

hectic1308

Can any of you tell me what you are paying with ace? I have been paying them 30 a month for over 2 years.....I have a 140L waste bin and a 240L recycle bin.......I went on to their website to get their phone number to cancel our bins and the price on the website states that for 30 a month I should have a 240L waste bin, a 240L recycle bin and a compost caddy