Christmas waste mountain

Donal Hickey on our annual binge and its cleanup

CHRISTMAS shopping is well underway and the annual waste mountain is already starting to rise. It’s the time when most waste is generated and, unsurprisingly, the demon drink sits at the very summit of the mountain, with cans and bottles all over the place.

Without exaggeration, it can be truly said that rubbish of every kind generated at Christmas is staggering. With over-indulgence the order of the day, waste bins expand along with waistlines.