30% rise in household bin charge; REFUSE.Byline: DEMELZA de BURCA HOMEOWNERS face a 30% hike in their bin charges, it was claimed yesterday. This is the likely outcome of Environment Minister John Gormley's new waste plans - according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Europe's incineration incineration the act of burning to ashes. lobby. The Confederation of European Waste-to-Energy Plants has branded the international review, which will form the framework for waste policy here, as "flawed, anti-competitive and out-of-sync with best practice". Spokesman Jackie Keaney claimed this review would "drag Ireland backwards" because many of its recommendations were "Alice in Wonderland stuff". She asserted the review took no account of national and EU competition law. |
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