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Varadkar: “The new pay by weight bin charges make sense and are fair”




The new Minister for Social Protection Leo Varadkar has revealed that he thinks the of pay-by-weight bin charges completely make sense as they will encourage more people to recycle more and reduce their waste.

Mr Varadkar told reporters recently: “The system is fair and good for the environment and that 20 per cent of households are already paying for waste by weight.” “Paying by weight will encourage people to reduce waste, it’ll encourage people to compost more and it’ll encourage people to recycle more.”

He added: “I think it’s a much fairer system to pay for what you produce, the producer pays principle, people paying for the amount of waste they produce.”

However Mr Varadkar did insist waste that the Government will not allow waste management companies to take advantage of the new system.

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