bin collection service

cubatahavana · 25-10-2020 11:59AM #1

Moving to Cabinteely within the next couple of momths. Never lived in a house. We are trying to choose our bin collection service. Any recommendations?

GarIT · 25-10-2020 12:03PM

We found greyhound very difficult to deal with. They charge €20 per bin to have them collected when you switch to another supplier.

There have also been unproven claims that they are owned and run by a drug dealing crime gang and burned out competitions trucks to stop them competing in an area.

cubatahavana · 26-10-2020 09:32AM

Thanks for your answer

I am finding it annoying that the different companies don’t advertise their prices online. What’s with all the secrecy?

dara10 · 29-10-2020 11:12PM

Went with Panda as the previous residents had bins from there.
They charge me
Regular bin - €66 per year, €3.20 per lift + 27.7c per kg
Recycling - 80c per lift + 4.5c per kg
Compost - €22 per year, €2.56 per lift + 16c per kg
I think its €5 for a bin wash.

Total for the last year came to €180 - household of 4. It was about 230 other years with a child in nappies and we were less conscious about the waste we generated.
I have to keep an eye on the billing as a few times I've been charged for someone else's brown bin lifts (its listed as a different day which is how I notice).

I'd be interested to hear what the others charge as like you say its not on their websites.

cubatahavana · 30-10-2020 08:35AM

dara10 wrote: »

Went with Panda as the previous residents had bins from there.
They charge me
Regular bin - €66 per year, €3.20 per lift + 27.7c per kg
Recycling - 80c per lift + 4.5c per kg
Compost - €22 per year, €2.56 per lift + 16c per kg
I think its €5 for a bin wash.

Total for the last year came to €180 - household of 4. It was about 230 other years with a child in nappies and we were less conscious about the waste we generated.
I have to keep an eye on the billing as a few times I've been charged for someone else's brown bin lifts (its listed as a different day which is how I notice).

I'd be interested to hear what the others charge as like you say its not on their websites.

Thanks. As far as I know greyhound charges a flat fee. How many collections do you get with panda?

dara10 · 30-10-2020 10:37PM

Regular bin is weekly and recycling and compost are every second week. You pay the lift fee plus weight charges any time you put the bin out.

cubatahavana · 30-10-2020 10:39PM

dara10 wrote: »

Regular bin is weekly and recycling and compost are every second week. You pay the lift fee plus weight charges any time you put the bin out.

Not bad. I think with the flat fee of greyhound you get one collection per month, but I may be mistaken. Once a week is MUCH better

dara10 · 31-10-2020 12:00AM

well it would get expensive if you put it out every week with the lift fee but good to have the option to put out as needed

frogone · 31-10-2020 10:05PM

I switched from Panda to Greyhound as I prefer the fixed monthly price and I didn't like getting hit for Panda's 'service charge' (circa €130 IIRC) once a year.

Greyhound collect Green & Brown one week, black the second and so on. I haven't had any problems with them.

When I told Panda I was switching they called me back and offered to waive the service fee and charge me a fixed fee based on my historical usage. I didn't accept because I had switched but they said they'd keep it on file and if I want to switch back next year the offer is still there.

cubatahavana · 31-10-2020 10:13PM

frogone wrote: »

I switched from Panda to Greyhound as I prefer the fixed monthly price and I didn't like getting hit for Panda's 'service charge' (circa €130 IIRC) once a year.

Greyhound collect Green & Brown one week, black the second and so on. I haven't had any problems with them.

When I told Panda I was switching they called me back and offered to waive the service fee and charge me a fixed fee based on my historical usage. I didn't accept because I had switched but they said they'd keep it on file and if I want to switch back next year the offer is still there.

Good to hear that greyhound collect every 2 weeks. Looks like we will go with them then

AndrewJRenko · 27-04-2022 08:23PM

Greyhound were quite keen to stop me switching to Panda, offering three months free and a reduced rate. I went ahead with the switch anyway, as all the neighbours are with Panda, and I don't want a truck coming up just for me.

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