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Campaigners fight for free
recycling
24.06.09
Inishowen Independent
A CAMPAIGN group has been set up in Inishowen to
fight for the return of free recycling in Co
Donegal.
Carndonagh-based Citizens Against Recycling Charges
(CARC) held a protest and handed out leaflets last
Friday at the County House in Lifford to coincide
with the first meeting of the new Donegal County
Council.
CARC says that over the years people got used to
recycling their waste free of charge in Carn and
other amenity sites throughout the county.
"The public acceptance of this place was tremendous
and citizens of (Carn) and the wider area were
disciplined, separating their goods and returning
them.
"Now the recycling centre is almost abandoned and
therefore we see a dramatic increase in fly-tipping
in the countryside, and with more back yard burning,
dangerous toxic fumes are released in our
atmosphere," said CARC spokesperson Charlie
Williams. |
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The group has started a
petition to urge the local authority to change their
policies and return the Carn recycling centre to a
free service. Petition forms have been distributed
in the shops and pubs all over Inishowen. CARC says
business people's support for the campaign is
immense. In just three weeks, more than 3,500
signatures have been collected with almost 1,000
from the Carndonagh area alone.
"People simply don't see the point of being charged
for the privilege of recycling. The Council argues
that, for example, paper and cardboard would now
cost money to be processed. "In the long term,
recycling pays for itself and the target should be
to minimise the waste that goes into landfill,"
added Mr Williams. |
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