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by romaniitedomum 862 days ago
> They also weigh your trash (in Dublin, anyway)

They weigh country-wide. In Ireland waste collection is done by private companies and they charge by weight. As I recall, they have something like subscription plans [1]. I'm Irish but I live in New Zealand now, and here the rubbish collection is paid for by your Council rates.

I was still living in Ireland when the plastic ban was introduced. There was push-back from some companies that make plastic bags, unsurprisingly, but it worked really well.

There was a bit of push-back here in NZ too, similar to what happened in Ireland. The usual grumbling, about interfering greenies, loss of freedoms, etc.

[1] This is an example of one company's offerings:

https://cportal.barnarecycling.com/signup/signup_page2.php?S...