Cork County Council reviews recycle stance

Pensioners living in parts of Co Cork which do not have free bottle banks are being discriminated against because they’re charged €3 “every time they put a few jam jars” in a civic amenity site.

Council officials have baulked at the idea of giving pensioners a waiver at civic amenity sites for small recyclable items, but are to re-examine the issue after it was raised by Councillor Gerard Murphy (FG).

Newmarket-based Mr Murphy said he had come across many cases where pensioners living in, or on the periphery of, some towns, were being forced to pay the €3 charge at the sites, because they did not have transport to go to places where there were bottle-banks — which exist in most towns and villages.