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collection operator websites and other sources 1278, are summarised for some<br />

example flat rate fee services in Table 64-2.<br />

Table 64-2: Sample <strong>of</strong> Flat Rate Standing Charge <strong>Waste</strong> Collection Levies in Irish<br />

Counties<br />

County County, County County , Service<br />

Collection<br />

Collection Details Details<br />

Charges Charges Levied<br />

Levied<br />

Provider<br />

Provider service service<br />

service<br />

Westmeath –<br />

Mahons<br />

Residual<br />

Recycling<br />

Organics<br />

Fortnightly<br />

Fortnightly<br />

None<br />

Standing charge €348 for 240l residual<br />

bin, €288 for 140l (recycling free)<br />

Wexford<br />

County/Borough<br />

Council<br />

Residual<br />

Recycling<br />

Organics<br />

Fortnightly<br />

Fortnightly<br />

None<br />

Various rates from €260 (80l bin) to<br />

€516 (240l)<br />

Cork - Country<br />

Clean<br />

Residual<br />

Recycling<br />

Organics<br />

Fortnightly<br />

Fortnightly<br />

None<br />

€300 pa for 240l residual bin, recycling<br />

free<br />

Galway – City<br />

Bin<br />

Residual<br />

Recycling<br />

Organics<br />

Fortnightly<br />

Fortnightly<br />

Fortnightly<br />

€259 fixed fee<br />

Kilkenny –<br />

Greenstar<br />

Residual<br />

Recycling<br />

Organics<br />

Fortnightly<br />

Fortnightly<br />

None<br />

€369 pa for 240l residual bin, €299 for<br />

140l residual bin; both with 240l<br />

recyclates bin<br />

Residual Weekly<br />

Fingal – Panda Recycling Fortnightly<br />

€282 pa, fixed fee<br />

Louth<br />

Organics Fortnightly<br />

(Drogheda) –<br />

Panda<br />

Residual Weekly €282 pa, fixed fee<br />

Residual Every 3 weeks<br />

Waterford Recycling Every 3 weeks<br />

€320 pa, fixed fee<br />

Organics Every 3 weeks<br />

Where charges are levied according to the frequency or weight <strong>of</strong> material set out for<br />

collection, annual charges to households will be variable. Charging structures for an<br />

example set <strong>of</strong> pay by use (PBU) or pay by weight (PBW) services are given in Table<br />

64-3.<br />

The total annual fees payable by households in such cases where there is a variable<br />

element to the charge are less transparent. It is however, possible to estimate some<br />

typical costs in these circumstances by bringing together waste generation data from<br />

the national waste reports and (where charges are levied for each pickup) making<br />

assumptions on the number <strong>of</strong> collections required per annum. In general, at the<br />

levels <strong>of</strong> residual waste generation observable in Ireland, it is likely for a typical<br />

household to require a 240l wheeled bin to be emptied once per fortnight, although<br />

this might fall to once a month, perhaps less frequently for some households (the<br />

frequency required would be expected to fall with well designed biowaste collections<br />

1278 Sunday Business Post (14 June 2009), <strong>Waste</strong> Not, Want Not, www.thepost.ie/story/eycweykfau<br />

1036<br />

29/09/09

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