Cork City Abolishes Bin Waiver

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Thursday December 16, 2004 16:41

by james - wsm cork

Cork city council effectively abolished the waiver system on Monday night. They also decided to charge people who produce no waste 255 euro per year.

Fianna Fail Councillor Damien Wallace spoke with a great deal of self importance when he lauded the 2005 estimate presented to Cork city council. He thought it great that from now on householders would pay a flat rate of 255 euro per year and a per bin charge of 5 or 3 euro depending on size. He boasted that as a result those who never put their bin out would have to pay just 255 euro a year for fuck all!!!! Wonderful he said and recommended adoption of the estimates. BAA BAA said the rest of his party.

The city council also decided that only OAPs living alone would have free collection. Everyone else including carers, unemployed, people on disability, low wages etc. will have to pay the collection fee. So bye bye waiver.

For the green minded amongst us producing no waste by effectively recycling, composting, avoiding plastic wrapping etc. will be rewarded by the city council with a 255 euro "poll tax" type payment.

Cork citys councillors are so thick that they didn't realise the sting in the tale and vote it through. Now the local press is full of them moaning and rebelling over being duped by the city manager. I sat in on 30 minutes at the start of the meeting and had grasped the waivers demise simply by listening, it shows how much attention these idiots apply at their own meetings.

A protest before the meeting by Householders Against Service Charges, Socialist Party, Sinn Fein (Sligo Bin Charges good, Cork bin charges bad) Greens (Dublin bin charges good, Cork bin charges bad) Workers Solidarity Movement (alright just two of us) and some unaffiliated people, drew about 40-50 people and was derided in the local media(Evening Echo)