Bin charges in the Dublin area will rise again next year,
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news report 
Monday April 18, 2005 15:10
by ABTA
cue more guff from Lacey
"They assert that charges will level off from 2009 when, they hope, the controversial proposed incinerator at Ringsend will be operational and this method of disposal is cheaper.
Yet if the incinerator gets held up by opposition, charges will increase again as land filling is increasingly expensive."
Dublin councils to introduce brown bins
18 April 2005 13:37
Bin charges in the Dublin area will rise again next year, as the four Dublin councils introduce a service for organic and garden waste in a bid to double recycling rates over a period of five years.
Householders are being told that charges will level off by 2009, when the controversial incinerator at Ringsend is planned to become operational.
Dublin's four councils today unveiled their draft five-year waste management plan. The key component of the plan is the introduction of a so-called 'brown bin service' to deal with organic and garden waste.
It is hoped that this will lead to the Dublin region recycling nearly 60% of the waste it produces, a dramatic increase on just five years ago. The cost of infrastructure for biological waste is estimated at €300m.
However, there will be financial consequences. Bin charges will increase from next year. The councils say householders are still only paying two thirds of the real cost of getting rid of their rubbish and this cannot continue.
They assert that charges will level off from 2009 when, they hope, the controversial proposed incinerator at Ringsend will be operational and this method of disposal is cheaper.
Yet if the incinerator gets held up by opposition, charges will increase again as land filling is increasingly expensive.
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Jump To Comment: 1 2Well they were warned as long ago as 4 years back but it looks like the chickens are really coming home to roost for the Green Party on this.
" the controversial proposed incinerator at Ringsend will be operational and this method of disposal is cheaper."
Well done GP you've managed to help create the conditions under which sticking an incinerator in Ringsend can be sold to Dublin workers as a good thing. A quite remarkable achievement for enviromentalism!
Dublin court says bin charges invalid
10 May 2005 20:03
The Circuit Court in Dublin has ruled that the bin charges imposed by Dublin City Council in 2001 and 2002 were invalid.
This is the second such ruling by the Circuit Court. It comes as a result of an appeal by Kimmage man James Hegarty against proceedings taken against him by the City Council for non-payment of charges. The court found that Dublin City Council had not provided any incentive to Mr Hegarty to recycle his waste and therefore reduce the amount of charges paid. It found that this was in breach of the city council's own waste management plan.
The Dublin City Bin Tax Campaign has described this as a very significant victory and is calling on householders who paid the charges in 2001 and 2002 to apply to the city council for a refund.
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