Cork TD slams refusal to collect untagged rubbish bins
02/02/2005 - 12:56:49Labour Party TD Kathleen Lynch has criticised the city manager in Cork for refusing to collect rubbish from households that have not paid bin charges.
The city manager has ordered refuse collectors to ignore rubbish that is not tagged or placed in a proper bin.
However, Ms Lynch said today that the policy had let to major litter problems, with mounds of rubbish left uncollected throughout Cork's inner city.
She also said the policy could be legally unsound as the local authorities are obliged to keep all public areas free of litter.
