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Sickening scenes of fly-tipping
27.05.09
GREEN Party members in
Carndonagh were horrified after discovering
sickening scenes of illegal fly-tipping near Sliabh
Sneacht in recent days.
The members who walk regularly in the area, say
while the problem has always been there it has
become much worse since the recent introduction of
recycling fees at Carn Public Amenity Centre.
“We often walk up here and there has always been
some dumping. But it has been getting worse lately.
And it’s not just here. It’s everywhere you go,"
they said in a statement.
And Carndonagh Green member, Vincent Treanor visited
the amenity centre on Saturday and found no other
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“It used to be that you
could hardly get parked here on a Saturday
afternoon. Now it’s like a ghost town. It seems a
bit pointless bringing in charges if it means no-one
turns up," he said. Meanwhile, their candidate for
the local elections, Sheenagh McMahon said the
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“We have seen with our
own eyes the rise in illegal dumping. We have seen
the recycling centre in Carndonagh practically
deserted. The small amount of revenue being brought
in will be more than wiped out by the cost of
cleaning up this mess in our local beauty spots,"
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"It’s time for a
rethink. Ideally these centres should remain free,
as they always were. Another issue is the recycling
wheelie bins. It is crazy that they are the same
price as the ordinary bins. People have no incentive
to recycle.
"The recycle collection should be cheaper than the
normal one. If elected to Donegal County Council I
will do all in my power to restore common sense to
these issues," she added. |
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