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in place). It is possible to sense-check this against the collected waste tonnage data<br />

by using approximate bulk densities for waste and recycling. 1279 However, this<br />

requires knowledge <strong>of</strong> how many households are using collection services. The fact<br />

that there is no obligation on households to subscribe to a collection service is an<br />

important one. Statistics on the number <strong>of</strong> households subscribing to collection<br />

systems are hard to come by. The simplistic approach we use to quantify participation<br />

here is to consider the tonnage <strong>of</strong> waste collected through kerbside operations and<br />

relative to waste managed by other means (bring sites, civic amenity, direct to landfill,<br />

home composting estimates and ‘uncollected waste’). This allows approximate typical<br />

weights and volumes <strong>of</strong> waste produced per participating household to be estimated,<br />

and for resulting annual charge levels to be quantified. 1280 Such an analysis is<br />

undertaken in Table 64-4.<br />

Table 64-3: Sample <strong>of</strong> Variable Charging Collection Systems<br />

County County, County Collection<br />

Collection Details Details Details<br />

Charges Charges Levied<br />

Levied<br />

Service<br />

Service<br />

Provider<br />

Provider<br />

service<br />

service<br />

Dublin City<br />

Council /<br />

Greyhound<br />

PBU<br />

Residual<br />

Recycling<br />

Organics<br />

Fortnightly<br />

Fortnightly bin (paper,<br />

card, cans, plastics)<br />

Fortnightly<br />

€84 + €5.25 / lift for 240l bin. Other<br />

charges for sacks / different sized bins.<br />

-<br />

€2 / lift for wheeled bin<br />

South<br />

Tipperary CC<br />

PBU<br />

Residual<br />

Recycling<br />

Organics<br />

Fortnightly<br />

Fortnightly bin (paper,<br />

card, cans, plastics)<br />

None<br />

€210 + €7 / lift for 240l bin<br />

€0.70 / recyclable bag<br />

-<br />

Westmeath -<br />

Mulleadys<br />

PBW<br />

Residual<br />

Recycling<br />

Organics<br />

Fortnightly<br />

Fortnightly (paper, card,<br />

tetrapak, cans, plastics)<br />

None<br />

€208 + €0.17/kg<br />

-<br />

-<br />

Westmeath -<br />

Mulleadys<br />

PBU<br />

Residual<br />

Recycling<br />

Organics<br />

Fortnightly<br />

Fortnightly (paper, card,<br />

tetrapak, cans, plastics)<br />

None<br />

€7.50 / lift<br />

€4.00 / lift<br />

-<br />

Westmeath - Residual Fortnightly €8.00 / lift (240l bin)<br />

Wallace Recycling Fortnightly €3.00 / lift<br />

PBU Organics None -<br />

Cork County Residual Fortnightly €120 + €0.46 / kg<br />

Council Recycling Fortnightly -<br />

PBW Organics None -<br />

Cork County - Residual Weekly €418 + €0.162/kg over 400kg/annum<br />

Mr Binman Recycling Weekly -<br />

PBW Organics None -<br />

1279 We may assume for the sake <strong>of</strong> this analysis a residual waste bulk density <strong>of</strong> 200kg/m 3 , mixed<br />

recycling excluding glass <strong>of</strong> 150kg/m 3 and (though <strong>of</strong> less relevance here) mixed organic waste <strong>of</strong><br />

400kg/m 3 .<br />

1280 This clearly does not allow for any link between the nature <strong>of</strong> the charging system and the quantity<br />

<strong>of</strong> waste set out. As such, it is an approximation to the actual costs likely to face households.<br />

1037<br />

<strong>International</strong> <strong>Review</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>Policy</strong>: Annexes

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