Cork County Council has begun delivery of new uniform brown coloured bins (through its fulfilment partner Waste Management Service GB Ltd?).
Heretofore those wishing to recycle waste had to bring it to a “bring site”. This involved compacting waste and putting it through letterbox slots into a skip, often in the rain. However no charge was levied on the presenter.
It is imagined by the author that the new kerbside collections will be charged for, using the only mesureable variable of weight in kilograms.
Thus while kerbside recycling is to be welcomed it will cost the presenter more in the long term. It is to be hoped that this will encourage actual minimisation of packaging in the first instance.
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