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Enforcement action has been initiated against several waste collection companies who have failed to provide brown bins for compost to households in Westmeath.

While the landfill site at Ballydonagh outside Athlone is no longer in operation as a waste management facility as of last week, the council have maintained a facility for members of the public to continue to dispose of household waste directly.

Reduce, reuse, recycle — we've all heard the slogan by now. Are we aware of the importance of the message that slogan carries? Are we taking it seriously and doing anything about it? As there is not much room in the current landfills, we have to be very strict in what we can comfortably allow into them. In a way, it might be considered a good thing, as it should make people alert and more concerned about waste, making them think of it from an environmental point of view. But does it?

The decision by officials at Mayo County Council to impose a charge for recycling is a backward step, which undermines local democracy and discourages recycling, says Westport Labour Councillor Keith Martin.

Kilkenny needs to have firm national leadership to address growing concerns about the crisis in waste recycling, according to Labour Party councillor Michael O’Brien.

Figures just released by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) show that households in Westmeath are now recycling 8,357 tonnes of their waste, which equates to just under 32 per cent of waste in the county.

The Belvedere Home and Garden show at the weekend kick started the promotional season for Allied Waste Management services. Based in Clonmellon, Co Westmeath, Allied Waste have been the main bin collectors for Westmeath County Council for the past five years. In order to give something back to the Westmeath community, they had skippy bag giveaways for everyone who attended the show last weekend. The giveaway proved to be a huge success for Allied Waste and they are urging anyone who missed out on the offer to contact their Clonmellon office for their free skippy bag.

Municipal waste services in Athlone will cease before the end of the year after the Town Council followed the county’s lead at this month’s meeting (November 2), and conceded its inability to commercially compete with the eight private companies operating in the county.

The European Recycling Platform (ERP), Ireland’s only pan-European compliance scheme for electrical and waste battery recycling, has announced that it will begin operating in Westmeath in the new year.