Fee to use Cork civic recycling centres to rise from €3 to €4

A worker Christmas tree at a Cork County Council recycling centre. The charge to use the civic amenity sites is to bincreased from €3 to €4. 

An increased charge is to be levied on all vehicles entering major recycling centres in Co Cork, and further price hikes could be in the offing for the disposal of specific types of waste.

This comes as the county council tries to tackle €3m in losses accrued annually in operating them.