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14/05/2012
Dublin City Council Remove Public Bins
Dublin City Council is to remove public bins from residential areas in an attempt to crack down on illegal dumping of household rubbish.
The council has so far withdrawn almost 200 bins from the streets, some of which were underused, while others were being “abused” by householders who did not want to pay waste charges, according to the council.
The council began removing public bins from residential streets across the city in January last year. Up to the middle of last month it had taken away 198 bins, more than 100 of which were in the southeast of the city.
It is understood most of the bins were removed because of under use, but that a quarter were being filled with household waste.
The council had installed 5,000 public bins throughout the city but decided to review their use because of budget constraints.
Labour councillor Oisín Quinn said he accepted the service was operating on a tighter budget than previously but said some of the bins removed from residential areas in the southeast were close to Luas stops or busy shopping areas.
He said: “I realise that there are areas where bins might not get full so quickly, but the solution would be to alter the schedule so they are emptied less frequently, not get rid of them altogether.”
Fine Gael councillor Edie Wynne said that removing bins was not an appropriate response to illegal dumping.
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The council has so far withdrawn almost 200 bins from the streets, some of which were underused, while others were being “abused” by householders who did not want to pay waste charges, according to the council.
The council began removing public bins from residential streets across the city in January last year. Up to the middle of last month it had taken away 198 bins, more than 100 of which were in the southeast of the city.
It is understood most of the bins were removed because of under use, but that a quarter were being filled with household waste.
The council had installed 5,000 public bins throughout the city but decided to review their use because of budget constraints.
Labour councillor Oisín Quinn said he accepted the service was operating on a tighter budget than previously but said some of the bins removed from residential areas in the southeast were close to Luas stops or busy shopping areas.
He said: “I realise that there are areas where bins might not get full so quickly, but the solution would be to alter the schedule so they are emptied less frequently, not get rid of them altogether.”
Fine Gael councillor Edie Wynne said that removing bins was not an appropriate response to illegal dumping.
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