Shameful hike in recycling charges by council

THE announcement that Cork City Council is about to raise the prices at the Kinsale Road Recycling Centre for domestic landfill waste from €20 to €25 (up massively from €10 in 2005) per car, coupled with a new charge of €2 for every visit to the recycling centre, beggars belief (Irish Examiner, January 5).

In addition, the cost of bringing a small low-sided single-axle car trailer full of waste will rocket from €10 to €70.

What kind of weak-kneed, ineffectual councillors and TDs sit on the council to allow this pernicious assault on the civic-minded public, who manfully separate their waste on a daily basis and undertake regular trips to this centre?