New bin collecting

loki7777

Maybe because of the monthly charge - it went up few weeks ago.

So overall would greenstar be recommended over Barna in pricing terms? Peed off with Barna sending a price increase letter on Xmas eve!

tommyamnesia

rizzodun wrote: »

How many waste disposal companies have licenses in Sligo? Is it just Barna and Greenstar? I think it's ridiculous we're charged a standing charge at all.

Couldn't agree more! I do my own thing, much cheaper but not convenient for everybody. I live near Greenstar so bring my own waste and keep receipts.

tommyamnesia

tommyamnesia wrote: »

Couldn't agree more! I do my own thing, much cheaper but not convenient for everybody. I live near Greenstar so bring my own waste and keep receipts.

How much does it cost you?

tommyamnesia

zorro2566 wrote: »

How much does it cost you?

6.50e per bag of waste (3 times this year). 4.00e per carload of recyclables (4 times approx.per year) and I do my own composting. No standing charge! Make sure you get receipt for waste.

drdidlittle

Where do greenstar take general waste

tommyamnesia

drdidlittle wrote: »

Where do greenstar take general waste

Down at the docks, just past Sligo fuels. Next gate after recycling.

drdidlittle

tommyamnesia wrote: »

Down at the docks, just past Sligo fuels.

Beside the recycling place?

tommyamnesia

drdidlittle wrote: »

Beside the recycling place?

Yes, next gate after recycling.

tommyamnesia

tommyamnesia wrote: »

6.50e per bag of waste (3 times this year). 4.00e per carload of recyclables (4 times approx.per year) and I do my own composting. No standing charge! Make sure you get receipt for waste.

How do you manage to produce so little waste, I seem to fill our bin every three weeks and that's even with me standing in the bin to push it in further?

tommyamnesia

zorro2566 wrote: »

How do you manage to produce so little waste, I seem to fill our bin every three weeks and that's even with me standing in the bin to push it in further?

I suppose it depends on how many people live in house. There are only 2 of us. And I do a lot of composting and recycling.

KatyMac

I'd only have that amount of waste and there are 5 of us in the house. The amount can be kept well under control if you recycle and compost. I literally have only a couple of bags of pure, disgusting rubbish every 3 or 4 months that I have to bring to the dump. I fill my car up to capacity about 3 times a year with recyclables, give clothes to school collections and everything else grows veggies for me during the summer.

tommyamnesia

KatyMac wrote: »

I'd only have that amount of waste and there are 5 of us in the house. The amount can be kept well under control if you recycle and compost. I literally have only a couple of bags of pure, disgusting rubbish every 3 or 4 months that I have to bring to the dump. I fill my car up to capacity about 3 times a year with recyclables, give clothes to school collections and everything else grows veggies for me during the summer.

Agree with all that, amazing what you can do when you put your mind to lt!!

I signed up to greenstar and I am just awaiting their pay card and the new bins. I also rang Barna to cancel my account with them and found the lady who took my call to be quite snotty and defensive when I told her my reasons. I would imagine that she took a lot of calls from irate customers, hence her mood!

rizzodun

Does anyone know the price structure with McGraths? Can't find any pricing details on their website.

barneyrub

'The 140L waste bin and 240L recycling bin costs €298 for 2015 or The 240L waste bin and 240L recycling bin costs €338 for 2015'

I got quoted this from mcgraths when I emailed. They don't charge per lift. Said they will be charging by weight from next year due to new guidelines

barneyrub

barneyrub wrote: »

'The 140L waste bin and 240L recycling bin costs €298 for 2015 or The 240L waste bin and 240L recycling bin costs €338 for 2015'

I got quoted this from mcgraths when I emailed. They don't charge per lift. Said they will be charging by weight from next year due to new guidelines

That is expensive, works out at €28 per month for the €338 amount!

barneyrub

It was too expensive for us last yr but after the barna price hike they're much the same.
102 standing charge. If put bins out once a month it's 204, plus any overweight charges.

With mcgraths I can out the bin out every week and not be standing on it trying to get the value out of it!!

thebuzz

zorro2566 wrote: »

I was given slightly different prices on the phone as I have already mentioned.

Yeah and I was just mentioning that the prices you were given are incorrect.

red bellied

These gangsters should be putting on more recyclable collections, something like three a month and one a month for general waste. Often in our household the recycling bin is full after a week and this leads to throwing plastic into the general waste bin. Obviously that's why Barna have doubled the cost of the recycling bin.

red bellied

Got charged 34.75 for an over weight bin, shower of fcuks.

barneyrub

red bellied wrote: »

Got charged 34.75 for an over weight bin, shower of fcuks.

That's crazy! Did they give you a weight of it?

red bellied

barneyrub wrote: »

That's crazy! Did they give you a weight of it?

They updated my balance by text which was in minus after I added credit, it just shows the balance on the account after the latest lift, nothing about the weight.

Charged me €17.75 for my lift today, I usually pay 9.00 and 11.50 if it goes over the weight. My account is in debit now but they can fcuk themselves as I am joining greenstar!

worlds goodest teecher

This is all very relevant, interesting and confusing to me at this time. I have just moved into a rented property in Town where waste disposal is not included and we have to select a waste disposal company in the next few days. We have recycled for the past few years in our previous place but haven't a clue what composting a out of waste we produce. We are a couple with our first child on the way and are very confused with are the different charges. Can anyone please advise which company is best value, ie lots of nappies to be disposed.

red bellied

worlds goodest teecher wrote: »

This is all very relevant, interesting and confusing to me at this time. I have just moved into a rented property in Town where waste disposal is not included and we have to select a waste disposal company in the next few days. We have recycled for the past few years in our previous place but haven't a clue what composting a out of waste we produce. We are a couple with our first child on the way and are very confused with are the different charges. Can anyone please advise which company is best value, ie lots of nappies to be disposed.

They are both a shower of fcuks but Greenstar is the lesser evil at the current time.

red sean

red bellied wrote: »

Got charged 34.75 for an over weight bin, shower of fcuks.

Was the €20 quarterly charge included in this amount?

red bellied

red sean wrote: »

Was the €20 quarterly charge included in this amount?

No it was just for the lift, just checked again, they have now added on the 8.50 charge as well.

Wow, how heavy was your bin?

Seamus1964

red bellied wrote: »

Got charged 34.75 for an over weight bin, shower of fcuks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkPGlVqqEP0

red bellied

Just signed up with Greenstar on their yearly 129 euro plan. For this you get free recycling lifts. Then you are charged 24 cents a kilo on general waste and 18 cents a kilo for compost. This should keep me at under the 200 mark for bin charges for the year. Considering Barna are charging 102 per year in service charges and if you were to use their recycling every two weeks this would come to over 200 for the year and this is before they screw you on their general waste and their little excuse of a compost bin.

As long as I don't get a letter from Greenstar next Christmas Eve I won't complain. In all fairness that was like something out of a Dickens tale.

worlds goodest teecher

red bellied wrote: »

Just signed up with Greenstar on their yearly 129 euro plan. For this you get free recycling lifts. Then you are charged 24 cents a kilo on general waste and 18 cents a kilo for compost. This should keep me at under the 200 mark for bin charges for the year. Considering Barna are charging 102 per year in service charges and if you were to use their recycling every two weeks this would come to over 200 for the year and this is before they screw you on their general waste and their little excuse of a compost bin.

As long as I don't get a letter from Greenstar next Christmas Eve I won't complain. In all fairness that was like something out of a Dickens tale.

Is there anything to say that you can't just have a general waste and recycling bin and not a compost bin? It is one less bin but the compost would cost 6c per kilo more to dispose of in the general waste bin.

red bellied

worlds goodest teecher wrote: »

Is there anything to say that you can't just have a general waste and recycling bin and not a compost bin? It is one less bin but the compost would cost 6c per kilo more to dispose of in the general waste bin.

They will just issue you with the three bins, they probably have to comply with legislation, although I see your point of view.

Mint Sauce

red bellied wrote: »

Just signed up with Greenstar on their yearly 129 euro plan. For this you get free recycling lifts. Then you are charged 24 cents a kilo on general waste and 18 cents a kilo for compost. This should keep me at under the 200 mark for bin charges for the year. Considering Barna are charging 102 per year in service charges and if you were to use their recycling every two weeks this would come to over 200 for the year and this is before they screw you on their general waste and their little excuse of a compost bin.

As long as I don't get a letter from Greenstar next Christmas Eve I won't complain. In all fairness that was like something out of a Dickens tale.

whats the average weight of a full wheely bin though?

I signed up to the pay as you go option with greenstar! If you join over the phone you don't have to pay the € 20 ' up front 'payment .

barneyrub

I'd be interested to see how the cost of the bins are when being charged per kilo on the overweight with barna or with the greenstar plan.

I signed up with mcgraths yesterday. Need to cancel Barna today. My prob now is that I have an almost full black barna bin and don't want to pay them their over priced charges and monthly fee for the privilage of taking one bin away

barneyrub

barneyrub wrote: »

I'd be interested to see how the cost of the bins are when being charged per kilo on the overweight with Barna or with the Greenstar plan.

I signed up with McGrath yesterday. Need to cancel Barna today. My prob now is that I have an almost full black Barna bin and don't want to pay them their over priced charges and monthly fee for the privilege of taking one bin away

0.25c per kg on Barna and Greenstar,think Barna told me you are charged for weights over 35 kgs.The Greenstar 'pay as you go' plan is a flat €10 for the lift.I rang McGrath too and they will be charging by weight in 2016

red bellied

Mint Sauce wrote: »

whats the average weight of a full wheely bin though?

I asked this and was told it was around the 30kg mark.

loki7777

I think it depends what You will put in it;)

red bellied

barneyrub wrote: »

I'd be interested to see how the cost of the bins are when being charged per kilo on the overweight with barna or with the greenstar plan.

I signed up with mcgraths yesterday. Need to cancel Barna today. My prob now is that I have an almost full black barna bin and don't want to pay them their over priced charges and monthly fee for the privilage of taking one bin away

You don't you will just go into minus on your credit, ring them up then and cancel.

barneyrub

zorro2566 wrote: »

0.25c per kg on Barna and Greenstar,think Barna told me you are charged for weights over 35 kgs.The Greenstar 'pay as you go' plan is a flat €10 for the lift.I rang McGrath too and they will be charging by weight in 2016

Ya Mc Graths said it will be charge by weight from next yr.

What I meant was I'm interested how much it will actually cost people to put out their bin now when overweight. I have no idea how much our bin would have weighed but it was always overweight

Bebo stunnah

I'd like to know how Barna were allowed to send out letters on Christmas Eve, which were dated the 18 December, notifying customers of an increase on the 1st January. Do they not have to give a minimum notice to customers?

Say I get my bins lifted on a Thursday, so the day after the notice came out would be my last chance to leave out my recycling/compost bin before the new rates, obviously can't as its Christmas Day.
The last chance to leave out my general waste would be the week previous as the next Thursday was the first date of the new rates.

Had my bins delivered today after I signed up to Greenstar but they were filthy and previously used, I had asked for new bins! So I brought them straight back to the Greenstar Depot in Sligo where I was told that they are awaiting new bins,so I will just wait for them!
When I was there the lady I spoke to told me that they are getting a lot of new customers who are leaving Barna due to the new cost structure and that they ran out of bins!

Stargazing79

I just checked my Barna account and see I have been charged €3 for compost lift on 22/12/2014 i.e. before new charges were supposed to commence on 1st Jan - WTF?!

prodsc

Stargazing79 wrote: »

I just checked my Barna account and see I have been charged €3 for compost lift on 22/12/2014 i.e. before new charges were supposed to commence on 1st Jan - WTF?!

Just logged on to pay them some money as my account needed topping up to discover a charge of €3 for Compost lift on 24/12.
WTF????
Anyone got an email address for them, can't find it and I believe they are difficult to get on phone?

TequilaMockingBird

Barna charged us 22.50 for a bin lift on the 31st.

Does anyone know if the Greenstar €129 yearly package would cover overweight bins? I can't see on their site.

barneyrub

That's crazy price for bin. Was it very full if you don't mind me asking?

Afaik that greenstar plan charges per kilo for the waste after that?

loki7777

Yes, this one charge per kilo which is f..... stupid tbh - but they as well as council know that You still will have to pay it one way or another. Maybe instead of protesting against water charges ppl should do the same with bin charges - which may be more than for water.

TequilaMockingBird

Thanks, yes it was very heavy. Greenstar PAYG seems to be the way to go.

TequilaMockingBird

If it's of any help to anyone, I've worked out the prices for two different households.

House A: bins go every week - normal weight

Yearly cost:

Barna - 505
Greenstar PAYG - 442


House B: bins go every 8 weeks - very heavy

Yearly cost:


Barna - 341
Greenstar PAYG - 186


EDIT: Neither includes compost bin