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Illegal dumping of rubbish costs council €1m per year

Illegal dumping of rubbish costs council €1m per year — People dumping rubbish illegally is costing Dublin City Council more than €1m every year, new figures show

Sun, 20 Dec, 2020 - 13:08

Cormac O’Keeffe

People dumping rubbish illegally is costing Dublin City Council more than €1m every year, new figures show.

The local authority collected and disposed of almost 4,000 tonnes of such rubbish in 2019.

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