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Frequently Asked Questions |
Frequently Asked Questions For: Waste and Litter
| Q1. What is the difference between the blue bin and the green bin? |
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The Council operates a 2-bin system – blue for dry recyclable waste including plastics, cans, papers, magazines and cardboard – green for all other waste. Blue bins are emptied on alternate weeks to green bins, but waste must be presented at the kerbside in wheeled bins.
For more information on Refuse Collection visit our Domestic Waste Collection section. |
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| Q2. What are Recycling Sites for? |
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Recycling sites are provided for free use by householders in the district who wish to dispose of segregated domestic waste and bulky items of furniture/appliances and recycling materials. As indicated some sites are available to Commercial users for recycling purposes.
To view the locations and facilities available within the district, visit our Recycling Sites section.
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| Q3. How do I dispose of large items of household waste? |
| A. Recycling sites are provided for the disposal of bulky household items such as furniture and kitchen appliances.
If however you are unable to get the items to a site the Council operates a bulky refuse collection service for large items of household waste for a fee of £14.00.
Four times per year this service is offered free of charge (check the news section on this website or look in the local press for notification details of this service).
Click here to request bulky uplift.
For more information, visit our Bulky Refuse Collection section.
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| Q4. If you bulid a new house do you get a blue and green supplied free ? |
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Since 1995 all new properties coming on service with the Council have had to purchase their green bin. With the introduction of the blue bin system for the collection of recyclable materials all new properties since 2004 have had to buy both bins.
The current costs of these containers are available by visiting this link. |
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| Q5. I have just bought a new house in Boho, Ennisillen and have bought my blue and green bins, do Ipay a fee for these to be collected? |
| A. No, your rates covers the cost of the collection service.
All domestic properties are subject to rates. The organisation responsible for collecting rates is the Rates Collection Agency. Contact Details are below:
Contact Details:
South Western Regional Office,
Rate Collection Agency,
Boaz House,
15, Scarffe's Entry,
Omagh,
BT78 1JE
Telephone: (028) 8225 4777
Fax: (028) 8225 4722 |
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| Q6. How can I dispose of any unwanted kitchen knives that I have in a safe manner. |
| A. There are bins in Irvinestown and Lisnaskea recycling centres for the disposal of Knives. |
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| Q7. Please provide a list of what is accepted in blue bins ? |
| A. The Council operates a 2-bin kerbside wheeled bin collection system - a blue bin for dry recyclable waste including plastics, cans, papers, magazines and cardboard and a green bin for all other residual waste.
Select this link to see what you can put in your blue bin. *
* Note: The file is 235Kb in size and is in Acrobat PDF format. You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your PC. Most new Computers have this program installed on them, however if you do not have it you can download it free of charge from the Adobe website. |
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