One of the country’s biggest bin companies is increasing its prices, but not because of the new waste-collection measures that come into effect next month.

Households are facing increased bin charges — but no-one can say by how much, writes Juno McEnroe and Joe Leogue.

Households are facing increased bin charges — but no-one can say by how much.

A headstone has been erected on the grave of a newborn baby who was found in a recycling plant last year.

Customers face bills in excess of €500 a year to have their bins collected, representing an 80% hike on current rates when the new pay-by- weight charges kick in on July 1.

The Government has performed a last-minute U-turn on its controversial plan to make householders pay for the collection of recycled waste.

Clergy and gardaí have renewed appeals to the parents of a baby girl, whose body was found at a recycling plant last week and laid to rest yesterday, to come forward.

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Gardaí have been forced to widen their search for the mother of a baby girl whose body was found among waste on a sorting conveyor after an autopsy revealed that the baby was born some weeks earlier than initially thought.

Gardai have appealed to the mother of a newborn baby girl whose body was found in a recycling centre to come forward amid concerns for her health.

Householders who do not use authorised waste collectors to take away their domestic rubbish will in future have to explain how they get rid of their waste to council officials or face criminal prosecution.

The first phase in a project to convert waste in the Cork region into alternative products "in a safe and efficient manner" was unveiled to customers of waste management company Greenstar yesterday following a €10m investment.

A community has threatened to bring Cork city’s bin collection system to a halt in a row over the management of a large waste depot.

Deloitte & Touche earned over €1.4m for overseeing the receivership of waste firm Greenstar.

The Environmental Protection Agency has lost its High Court claim that €12m in accounts of companies of waste group Greenstar can only be used towards the costs of closure and aftercare of landfills.

A huge blaze was burning above Cork last night after a recycling centre in Glanmire caught fire.

Investment group NTR has reported a loss before tax from continuing operations of nearly €50m, actually increasing by €5m on the reported losses before tax last year.

A buyer has been found for the Dublin-based waste management business Greenstar eight months after the company entered receivership.

Greenstar,the largest waste management business in Ireland, is to be sold.

Irish renewable energy investor group NTR, which has invested heavily in wind farms in America, has reported losses of $46.8m (€35m).

The former Bord Gáis chief John Mullins has been appointed the chairman of the Port of Cork.

Dublin-headquartered renewable energy group, NTR has completed its exit from the international waste management industry, via the $180m (€131.4m) sale of its Greenstar US business.

The former group chief executive of Bord Gáis is hotly tipped to fill the role of chairman of the Port of Cork.

Household waste from Cork city and county is being shipped out of Cork Port for incineration in the Netherlands and Sweden, where its used to generate electricity.

The iconic department store Clerys was temporarily put into receivership this week. The waste disposal firm Greenstar was put into receivership a month ago, while Atlantic Homecare has just emerged from a successful examinership process.

A number of parties are believed to have expressed interest in acquiring Greenstar — the largest waste management firm in the country which went into receivership last week.

Waste management firm Greenstar has vowed it will be business as usual for its 95,000 customers despite a receiver being appointed.

One of the country’s biggest waste companies has been put into receivership, it has been confirmed.

The price of bin collection in Dublin is being hiked from today, due to an increase in landfill levies from €50 to €65 per tonne, in a bid to encourage recycling.

Ireland’s largest waste company looks set to be sold to a US private equity firm, the Gores Group.

CREATING a “solid platform for growth” is a priority for renewable energy firm NTR as it reports losses of over €48 million for the six months to the end of September.

STRUGGLING households are paying almost €1,300 more to clear their bills than a year ago.

BANK of Scotland has appointed joint receivers to the Mr Binman group of waste collection companies employing more than 330 people across Munster, with another 200 jobs indirectly dependent on them.

SIX investors have indicated a serious interest in investing in the waste collection company Mr Binman, a development which might help ensure its survival as a major employer in Munster, the High Court heard yesterday.

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GREENSTAR, the waste management firm owned by NTR is “very challenged” in an “uncertain regulatory environment”.

THE news that Cork City Council has agreed to sell its refuse collection to Country Clean, highlights the failings of the public service when compared to private enterprise.

IRISH renewable energy group, NTR, has committed itself to “a significant liquidity event” within two to three years which could see the former toll roads operator seeking a mainstream public listing.

RENEWABLE energy and waste management specialist NTR has reported a full-year pre-tax loss of €267.2 million for the 12 months to the end of March.

Complaints about smells from rubbish dumps grew tenfold since 2004, environmental experts warned today.

A LARGE proportion of complaints against landfills related to odours emanating from the site, an Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) report has found.

AN Irish countryside community is aiming to create the world’s first rural zero carbon district under a plan that would see it switch to totally green means of power, transport and production within 10 years.

THE real possibility of more local authorities pulling out of waste collection has serious implications and could lead to an increase in indiscriminate dumping which continues to blight the country.