Cork households face €20 hike in bin charges

BIN charges for households in Co Cork using the council’s refuse collection service are set to rise by about €20 next year.

The county council’s standing charge is set to be increased by €55 but it will be offset by a five cent reduction in the charge per kilo of waste collected under its pay-by-weight scheme.

The adjustments are expected to result in an increase of about €20 in the average household’s bin charges — the equivalent of about 38 cent per week — from €307 last year to a projected average of €327 next year.