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Sat 11 Nov 2009Businesses must soon use bins for organic waste
New regulations which will effectively require commercial premises to have an additional brown bin for biodegradable waste are to be signed within weeks by Minister for the Environment John Gormley, writes Tim O’Brien.
While the regulations are in response to an EU directive on the diversion of biodegradable waste from landfill, Mr Gormley said their introduction would also “underline the complete financial folly” of incineration.
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