Fianna Fáil is calling for the new bin charging regime to be deferred until a waste regulator is established.
The new system is due to take effect this weekend, with changes kicking in as soon as each household’s contract is renewed.
Flat-rates are being scrapped and customers will pay by weight or by lift as part of efforts to encourage people to dispose of waste correctly.
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Calls have been made for the scheme to be abandoned completely amid concerns that prices would rise dramatically, but Clare Fianna Fáil TD Timmy Dooley, his party’s Environment spokesman, hopes that won’t happen here:
