Households to face higher bin charges as landfill levies rise

HOUSEHOLDERS are expected be hit with increased bin collection charges under new laws increasing levies for private companies using landfills.

While long-fingering a decision on the contentious Poolbeg incinerator in Dublin city, Environment Minister Phil Hogan said the volume of waste being sent to landfill is “not sustainable”.

The increased charge will be a “deterrent” to the use of landfill and encourage other ways of dealing with the country’s rubbish, the minister said during a Dáil debate on the Environment Bill 2011.