“This is completely excessive.”
A Dublin waste collection company is under fire for some harsh new measures it’s set to implement from next week.
Panda Waste, which serves 150,000 household in Dublin and in parts of Leinster, will be fining customers up to €25 for putting rubbish into the wrong bins, according to new contracts distributed to customers.
Other features of the new contract are extra charges for hazardous waste, a €15 fine on missed direct debit payments and a charge of €30 for cleaning the bin at the end of a contract.
Panda also wants to enter onto customers’ property to inspect bins.
One TD has called for immediate regulation on the waste disposal industry.
“Panda as a bin company is giving themselves more power to enter a premises on a property than an Garda Síochána – and if that doesn’t ring alarm bells about an industry setting its own rules nothing will,” said Dublin West TD jack Chambers.
He also said he was worried that families could pay dearly for mistakes.
“A cereal box or water bottle accidentally disposed of could end up costing families a big fine.
“We all want to encourage recycling but to charge people in such and unfair and punitive way I think will be extremely difficult for families.”
Panda has been ‘plagued’ by contaminated was in green bins, according to the Irish Times.
