Refuse charges to rise as food waste bins added

Tens of thousands of householders in Co Cork are likely to face increased refuse collection charges from the summer when they will be legally required to use brown bins to dispose of food waste.

The introduction of brown bins is being phased in throughout the county from July until 2016.

Those who live in the county’s larger towns will be the first to use them from July 1 and smaller towns and village will come on stream in a phased basis thereafter.