Recycling bins ‘used for dead animals’

Environment Minister Denis Naughten has urged opposition parties to fully support the Government’s pay-by-weight bin charges reforms after claiming some people are using the existing system to put “dead animals” in recycling bins.

The unaligned Independent TD made the comment as Taoiseach Leo Varadkar separately said he is willing to give people money back in return for handing in used plastic bottles and containers in a bid to tackle Ireland’s waste problems.

Speaking during a Seanad debate on the bin charges changes, Mr Naughten said it would be “inexcusable” for politicians to sit back and do nothing.