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UPDATE DECEMBER 2023

New legislation, coming into effect in January 2024, means all householders in Ireland will be entitled to a brown bin recycling collection service from their waste collector.

See mywaste.ie for further details.

 

WHAT GOES IN ….

THE RECYCLING BIN

• All clean, dry, loose, plastic packaging, paper, cardboard and tins go in the recycling bin

  Recycling Bin‌‌

 

WHAT GOES IN ….

 THE GENERAL BIN (Black Bin)

• Dirty or contaminated packaging
• Bagged, cold ashes
• Sanitary waste
• Masks
• Gloves
• Nappies
• Ceramics

(No paint, paint cans, hazardous material, recyclable material, shoes, clean textiles,  WEEE, batteries, glass, oil, oil cans, rubble, syringes, energy saving light bulbs, or heavy metal objects).

General Waste Bin‌

 

WHAT GOES IN ….

 THE ORGANIC RECYCLING (BROWN) BIN

• Cooked and raw food waste
• Plate scrapings
• Bones
• Coffee grounds
• Tea bags
• Fruit and vegetables
• Compostable packaging
• Greenery and flowers
• WetPaper towels and napkins‌

 

(No non-compostable packaging, recyclable material, glass, plastic, medical waste, or hazardous waste).

The Organic (Brown) Bin

See www.mywaste.ie or contact your waste contractor with any queries.

 

HOUSEHOLD WASTE COLLECTION

 

The household waste collection service in County Galway is provided by private sector operators. Various companies provide waste collection services throughout the county. Consumers should contact service providers for full details of services and costs.

Register of Authorised Household Waste Collectors Operating in County Galway

Check mywaste.ie for waste collection providers.

 

If you are on a Serviced Route (including within 100m of a serviced route)  the service available to you is a wheelie bin service for the segregated collection of recyclables, organic and landfill waste.  

If you are within 100ms of a serviced route and wish to apply for your household to be designated and approved to use bags as a method of disposal please complete and return this form GCC-ENV-21(B)-00.

If your household is outside the scope of the serviced routes, you may avail of a bag or wheelie bin service.

*This information was correct at the time of publication 17/04/2024.

 

Please Note

All householders must manage their waste by complying with any one of  the following options:

1. Registration with a permitted Waste Collector operating in the Galway County Council area for the provision of kerbside waste collection.

2. Municipal domestic waste is segregated and delivered directly by the waste holder to an authorised waste facility. Receipts must be kept as proof that this is the option that is being used.

3. Bin-Sharing.  Proof of the sharing arrangement will be required.

See Waste Management Bye-Laws for full details.

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Contact Point

Environment Section, Galway County Council, Prospect Hill, Galway, 091-509510 or environment@galwaycoco.ie.

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