crabbypaddy wrote: » Anyone else received the updated charges from wiser, country clean etc. Finally got our letter from greenstar with pay by weight charges, Monthly Service Charge 19.50 Refuse Bin per Kg 0.18 Refuse Bin per Kg 0.00 Refuse Bin per Kg 0.14 Glass Bin per Kg 0.00 Service charge is ridiculous, we're currently paying 26.50 all in. Under the new charges we'll be paying about 40 in spring summer due to all the garden / hedge cuttings and 30- 35 in winter and our waste is well below the national average for a 5 person household.
fmcato wrote: » Just wanted to point out that Compost is the one paying 0.14, Recycle Bin is 0.00 too. Also agree, I have run some numbers on latest weights and it will be more expensive for us too with Greenstar.
Fiskar wrote: » Cancel your direct debits and leave the waste out till they see sense. Wonder if those Tipp Heads would have voted for Kelly if they had known about this. here in Meath it is €15 per month service charge, 25 cent / kg for general waste and 15 cent for the compost. The competency questions of this Government go on and on. this will be more disruptive than the water protests.
Fiskar wrote: » here in Meath it is €15 per month service charge, 25 cent / kg for general waste and 15 cent for the compost.
Cape Clear wrote: » alan.kelly@oir.ie
freshpopcorn wrote: » We're with Mr Binman at the moment it's about €29.00 amount and when we rang them to find out about th we first of July they don't seem to know. We recieveied our last bill at the end of May which is meant to run for six months but on the back of it it says charges cam change during the billing period.(or something similar) The impressions I'm getting is it's going to be expensive for most people. I can see alot of illegal dumping in the future!
alaskaonline wrote: » I received two emails today from CityBin, the first stated two price options: Option1 Service Charge €2.49 week Grey Bin €0.35 kg Brown Bin €0.25 kg Green Bin FREE Option2 Service Charge €2.25 week Grey Bin €0.39 kg Brown Bin €0.32 kg Green Bin FREE then a few hours later I received an email stating that they send the first email in error and the correct prices are as follows: Option 1: Service Charge €3.99 week Grey Bin €0.25 kg Brown Bin €0.15 kg Green Bin FREE Option 2: Service Charge €3.49 week Grey Bin €0.27 kg Brown Bin €0.17 kg Green Bin FREE Not sure what to think of these prices. I read in a newspaper article that the Government set out the charges as follows: 11c black bin, 6c brown, green free so where CityBin is going with their new prices is puzzling me. The highest standing charge of €3.99 would make an annual difference of 54% i.e. increased total.
namloc1980 wrote: » Those Government prices are minimums. There is no maximum prices in the legislation so the bin collection companies are free to charge what they want over the minimum.
BullBlackNova wrote: » Has anyone heard from Wiser or Country Clean in Cork yet?
TheDriver wrote: » Country clean said prices will be on website in July
Ludo wrote: » How are people working out that their bill will increase by let's say XX% ? Does your current bill already provide you with weights? I'm with greenstar. I have no idea how much mine will go up by until I get a few bulls.
fmcato wrote: » Greenstar provides weights since March in my case. But I can only see that logging into my online account at their webpage.
Ludo wrote: » ah..I was wondering that. Must ring them to get access to my online account. So after getting access and averaging out the last three moths of data I worked out I will be paying roughly 27/28 euro a month for 5 people, which is less than the current 29.41 I pay them. Maybe I am making some mistake though as everyone else seems to say they don't generate much waste but their cost will sky rocket. Must do the maths again :-) So after calculating costs again Current charge: 29.41 Charges under new monthly standing charge and weights: March : 27.56 April : 26.74 May : 28.31 Seems reasonable.
fmcato wrote: » I paid 259 for a whole year of "light" plan back in December, which makes it monthly 21.58 euros. Now that option is not there anymore.
ianobrien wrote: » I remember years ago when Cork County Council started pay by weight (just before they privatised the whole thing) the charge was approx 40 cent per kilo. At the time, it was more expensive to buy potatoes than dump them. The new charges are not too silly by comparison.
billy the squid wrote: » Heres o donohues eazybin
crabbypaddy wrote: » billy the squid wrote: » Heres o donohues eazybin Another one waiting to see the other players cards before setting their prices.
Tin Foil Hat wrote: » You can log on to Greenstar using your account number and PIN (both printed on a recent bill, if you have one). They are giving me my brown bin weights for the last three months (average 10kg p/m = €17). They aren't telling me my purple bin weights, but online research suggests that a 240l bin of general waste weighs 25-30Kg. 26 of these per year = €117-140 per year So. including standing charge of €234, that's €368-391) Including VAT thats €418-444. My last bill was about €175 for six months - €350 for a year inc. VAT. This was already a 7-8% increase on my previous bill. You might argue that bins aren't always full, but Greenstar also offered a service with a 140l purple bin for low users, instead of 240l, at 40 or 50 quid p/a cheaper. Whatever way you look at it, it's a massive increase in price.
