Environment
Contamination Issues Ends Recycling Deal
It is likely that the Commissioners will consider the situation at their meeting next week
Garff Commissioners say its cardboard recycling provider has ended the service as it was costing too much to deal with contaminated waste.
The operator was providing the service but losing money due to the boxes used being filled with other rubbish.
In an update on Thursday the local authority said that the service provider advised that it had withdrawn the service ‘due to the receptacles being contaminated with other materials such as general refuse waste and other objects’.
The Commissioners said: ‘The provider wishes to emphasise that they were providing a free of charge service but feel that they cannot continue to incur the cost of having to separate and pay for disposal of the other materials. Contamination has been an ongoing issue and, because of this, the company has indicated several times over the years that they were considering withdrawal of the service to Glen Road.
‘The Commissioners last discussed the situation at their February 2023 meeting following contact from the provider early in the year; although the free service did continue for a further seven months thereafter. Unfortunately, the provider advises that the level of contamination has not reduced in this time despite placing of signage on the receptacles. ‘
The provider has suggested that it would discuss re-instating the service if it could be assured that the public would not contaminate the receptacles with waste other than cardboard. The company has also advised that the cardboard that is collected is all recycled and is not burned at the EfW Incinerator.
Due to the popularity of the service it is likely that the Commissioners will consider the situation at their meeting next week
