Recycle or be charged €700, warns Cullen

HOMEOWNERS have to pay 700 a year in waste charges unless they recycle their rubbish, Environment Minister Martin Cullen warned yesterday.

Mr Cullen said criticisms from the Labour Party and Fine Gael were unwarranted, after opposition spokespersons criticised his Protection of Environment Bill in the Dáil.

“They are talking about this legislation leading to refuse charges of up to 700. That’s what it will cost households if we do nothing and just keep dumping everything,” he said.