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bin collection service

  • 25-10-2020 12:59pm
    #1
    cubatahavana
    Registered Users Posts: 990 ✭✭✭


    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?


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  • #2
    GarIT
    Registered Users Posts: 8,671 ✭✭✭GarIT


    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.


  • #3
    cubatahavana
    Registered Users Posts: 990 ✭✭✭cubatahavana


    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?


  • #4
    dara10
    Registered Users Posts: 18 ✭dara10


    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.


  • #5
    cubatahavana
    Registered Users Posts: 990 ✭✭✭cubatahavana


    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?


  • #6
    dara10
    Registered Users Posts: 18 ✭dara10


    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.


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  • #7
    cubatahavana
    Registered Users Posts: 990 ✭✭✭cubatahavana


    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


  • #8
    dara10
    Registered Users Posts: 18 ✭dara10


    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


  • #9
    frogone
    Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭frogone


    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.


  • #10
    cubatahavana
    Registered Users Posts: 990 ✭✭✭cubatahavana


    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


  • #11
    AndrewJRenko
    Registered Users Posts: 28,289 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    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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