Recycling bags

dudara

Does anyone know if it's possible to receive or obtain the city council recycling bags, if you are not using the rubbish collection service from the council.

Our landlord recently changed to a private contractor, due to the increases in the council's fees, and this new contractor offers no recycling service. I'm in the habit now of recycling, and have about 4-5 full bags waiting to go.

It is possible to get the clear bags from the council on their own?(I'm willing to pay). Or will it be trips in my car to the Kinsale Road for me? (I'd have to sort everything first though )

gubby

you can buy those clear bag in some supermarkets.. I know I got them before.. cant remember exactly where.. I think maybe tescos

Tree

not tescos, they have nothing to do w/ anything to do w/ the council's refuse/recycling collections.

so far as i know, the crowd we use for our rubbish/recycling do recycling on their own. collin's waste management or summat. dunno where they operate, but they're defo aroudn the southside suburbs

dudara

After trying to ring and ring Waste Operations at the City Council yesterday, i finally emailed, and this is the response I got

The recycling bags provided by Cork City Council are part of the Refuse
Collection Service.

Therefore, if your new Waste Collection Service does not provide a recycling
service you would have to arrange to take your recyclables to a recycling
bank. There are recycling banks at the Kinsale Road Landfill Site.

Pity, I would love to be able to get just the recycling service on its own, if at all possible.

blue banana

Shame on the private contractor who does not provide a recycling facility!!!!

Tree

you can choose to not take the recycling option with some of them. works out cheaper.

blue banana

Well then shame on the landlord!

dudara

Indeed!! My rubbish output has gone down by over 50% since we started the clear bag recycling and I now refuse to go back to throwing everything out.

JaneHudson

I think you can get those bags from the city hall

Tree

but not teh service, if they don't take your refuse

comet

well you can't expect the council to collect recyclable waste when you aren't paying for it!

dudara

Pity that you can't buy the bags separately, I'm more than willing to pay for it. It was so convenient

Shanannigan

attached is a map of South Mall the black dot is the location of a building where I recall someone telling me that you can get the recycle bags on the second floor.. you need to bring a proof of address or something i think.. hope this is of some use

dudara

Waste Operations is based in the South Mall. They're the people I rang and emailed for information.