Call for privatisation of waste services

WASTE collection services should be privatised across the country as independent companies are better able to recycle waste, a Green councillor has urged.

Following news that Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council has been forced out of the market by private waste management collection firm, Panda, Green councillor for south Dublin Tom Kivlehan said private companies are better able to deal with new technology.

And that it would be “better for everyone” if independent firms took over from county councils who are losing huge sums of money on subsidising waste collection.