Limerick households face €2k waste fines

HOUSEHOLDERS in Co Limerick are to face fines of almost €2,000 if they fail to show they have a waste collection service in place.

Stringent laws to combat littering are being brought in by Limerick Co Council following a study that shows the dumping of rubbish in the countryside is being done mostly by rural residents.

A bye-law will compel rural households to engage waste disposal companies to collect their rubbish when they are living near a collection route.