Social Democrats TD Jennifer Whitmore says it is counterproductive to bring these charges in
Image via PixabayThousands of Irish households will be hit with extra bin charges from Monday.
Panda will start charging €3.80 for each compost bin lift.
The new charge comes less than a year after the company increased its general waste bin-lift charges by more than 12 per cent and also hiked its service charges.
The recycling company previously had no lift charge for brown bins to encourage customers to put their food waste into the bins.
Social Democrats TD Jennifer Whitmore says it is counterproductive to bring these charges in:
"We want people to do the right when it comes to our waste. We want people to recycle and compost and in order for them to do that we need to encourage them to do it and not penalise them when they do it. So I think its a counterproductive move by Panda."
