ALMOST TWO YEARS after Government introduced a contentious tipping fee, the head of the Waste Haulers Association is not sure if it has served its purpose.
The fee was introduced in 2015 as a way of recouping money for waste disposal.
Shortly after being implemented, it was met with great resistance by waste haulers, who launched a protest.
That eventually led to Minister of the Environment Denis Lowe disclosing that a tipping fee solution was coming.
“I really don’t know if the tipping fee has achieved its target. What I can tell you is that it is still in place and there have been no exceptions,” said Charles Read, chairman of the association. (RB)
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