INDEPENDENT councillor Jerome Scanlan has called on Limerick City and County Council to liaise with refuse operators servicing Limerick users across the county with a view to making the offering provided more environmentally-friendly.
Cllr Scanlan at the recent monthly meeting of the local authority said that under the current legislation authorised waste collectors are required to provide a three-bin system to all their customers, however, he told the meeting, there is no way of restricting the number of collectors in any one area under the system.
A year-long study, he was informed, has been commissioned by DECC on the feasibility of transitioning Ireland’s waste collection market from its current side by side licensing system to a franchise tendering system.
