Work in Ireland

Foreigners coming to live in Ireland are surprised at the lack of recycling in Ireland. Following on my my post last week about “Why do they drop rubbish in the Streets?” - I didn’t know the answer to that one.

So imagine trying to jump from there to recycling and encouraging everyone to do so. A tough job - and you would think that someone has to do it - however the Irish Government has little appetite to tackle the recycling problem in Ireland.

I don’t know if the reason is that the population is so spread out that they are not willing to burden the population with the cost. The problem ends up being that rubbish is dumped anywhere - often in the hills outside of Dublin.

Thankfully that has changed somewhat and the authorities no longer charge for the disposal of household rubbish - but that only applies to small household waste and certain types; for instance if you want to dispose of cooking oil properly and take it to one of the centres you will be charged - if you want to throw away any bulky goods you will be have to pay a fee, so furniture, timbers, DIY waste, rubble, you get the picture - so instead of going along and paying the fees, there is a small minority that will just dump this anywhere, and then it has to be cleaned up eventually, meanwhile it lies for weeks, an eyesore on this beautiful land.

Anyway we are now into the summer time hours for the Ringsend Recycling Centre - their address is Pigeon House, Ringsend, Dublin 4 and they are open Mon to Fri 9am - 8pm (until 31st Oct) and Sat and bank holidays 9am - 4pm. Make use of it.

Their slogan is laughable “the less you throw away the less you will pay” - the contrast with Vienna where I lived for a year is amazing. In Vienna there is a local dump near everyone, everyone will take their own rubbish that can be recycled and put it into the separate bins, batteries in one, papers in another, glass in another, there is a bin or skip for everything - all free, clean street they have!

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