Spain stinks of piss. But no it wouldn’t work in Ireland. Functioning countries it works because everyone separates the waste. People dump their trash out the window in Ireland.
Don’t get ahead of yourself, we need toilets first.
Adding fuel to the fire, we have BigBelly solar which compresses the trash meaning the council spends less man hours emptying/servicing these. Frees up time so they can make more tae.
No, because our bin collection has been privatised and our current shower of muppets would never do anything to infringe on the “free market.”
These are in almost every town in Spain, they’re usually full by noon from businesses dumping their packaging waste.
Spain isn’t a great advocate of sustainable living, the amount of wasted plastic is unbelievable.
No. The main goal of current waste management policy is securing ongoing revenue streams for private companies. Look at how many public bins were decommissioned because people were putting household waste in them.
Living in Spain, it’s really great not to have to pay for bins. But these bins are chronically abused and almost always filthy. Covered in broken glass and discarded household items. Most people don’t sort their waste as there is little to no incentive and in parts of Spain where some impoverished people make money by “recycling” and salvaging, these closed bins have also done away with that (though I’m sure that was part of the plan). They only place I’ve seen Spain public waste system work well was in a small town where a little old lady lived across the road and spent all day shouting at people who used them incorrectly.
Some half wit on an e-scooter would probably crash into them sue the council for millions, at which point they would need to be removed.
Blessington st should be the first to get.
Of course they could. Lots of first world urban planning could be implemented in Ireland, but it won’t be.
Same thing in Amsterdam, and developed Netherlands areas. They’re like the pictured ones above – the bulk is underground.
Same thing in Lanzarotte too, and other parts of Spain I hear.
I remember reading something from DCC saying that too many bins would encourage “rubbish tourism”, and that people would side step paying. Hell, city bins don’t have recycling slots. They know most of the rubbish is recyclable, but they’ve made an active decision not to provide it..
I think we can’t introduce such public bins without council waste charges. Households should be taken to court for not being registered for bins. And once everyone pays for waste, there’s no reason not to have public bins.
*COULD* we? absolutely.
what next, public toilets? public housing? street sweepers? gerron with that
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Still rubbish dumped beside them.
Spain stinks of piss. But no it wouldn’t work in Ireland. Functioning countries it works because everyone separates the waste. People dump their trash out the window in Ireland.
Don’t get ahead of yourself, we need toilets first.
Adding fuel to the fire, we have BigBelly solar which compresses the trash meaning the council spends less man hours emptying/servicing these. Frees up time so they can make more tae.
No, because our bin collection has been privatised and our current shower of muppets would never do anything to infringe on the “free market.”
These are in almost every town in Spain, they’re usually full by noon from businesses dumping their packaging waste.
Spain isn’t a great advocate of sustainable living, the amount of wasted plastic is unbelievable.
No. The main goal of current waste management policy is securing ongoing revenue streams for private companies. Look at how many public bins were decommissioned because people were putting household waste in them.
Living in Spain, it’s really great not to have to pay for bins. But these bins are chronically abused and almost always filthy. Covered in broken glass and discarded household items. Most people don’t sort their waste as there is little to no incentive and in parts of Spain where some impoverished people make money by “recycling” and salvaging, these closed bins have also done away with that (though I’m sure that was part of the plan). They only place I’ve seen Spain public waste system work well was in a small town where a little old lady lived across the road and spent all day shouting at people who used them incorrectly.
Some half wit on an e-scooter would probably crash into them sue the council for millions, at which point they would need to be removed.
Blessington st should be the first to get.
Of course they could. Lots of first world urban planning could be implemented in Ireland, but it won’t be.
Same thing in Amsterdam, and developed Netherlands areas. They’re like the pictured ones above – the bulk is underground.
Same thing in Lanzarotte too, and other parts of Spain I hear.
I remember reading something from DCC saying that too many bins would encourage “rubbish tourism”, and that people would side step paying. Hell, city bins don’t have recycling slots. They know most of the rubbish is recyclable, but they’ve made an active decision not to provide it..
I think we can’t introduce such public bins without council waste charges. Households should be taken to court for not being registered for bins. And once everyone pays for waste, there’s no reason not to have public bins.
*COULD* we? absolutely.
what next, public toilets? public housing? street sweepers? gerron with that