Bananas are not just a lovely lunchtime snack! The skin which is often just discarded has plenty of other uses!   1. Compost Probably the most popular – and easiest – use for banana peels is to mix them into the compost pile. Peels add potassium and phosphorus to compost which promote root development […]

  The Global Citizen Initiative is calling on people to join a growing petition to halve food waste by 2030. It feels that the EU can lead the way in driving down food waste and act as an example for the rest of the world.   On a more light hearted note they have themed […]

  Be a Good Egg this Easter – Recycle your packaging from your Easter eggs.   Easter Recycling Hints and Tips   Cardboard – Compress/fold cardboard boxes flat and put into your Green bin.   Plastics – Most Easter egg molded plastic is PET – denoted by a triangle with the number 1. This can […]

Green Bin Quality Team   Chances are you have seen members of our Green Bin Quality Team doing surveys in your area. They are the early risers in Greyhound Household that reward customers for recycling correctly & point customers, who have incorrect material in their bin, in the right direction.   With the dramatic increase […]

  Our St Patricks Day collections will be going ahead as per our regular schedule, this Friday the 17th of March 2017.   Our dedicated collection crews will be out bright and early so please make sure your bins are presented by 6am to ensure you are not missed!   Greyhound would like to take […]

  Get to Know your Bin!   Our customers from Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown & Fingal areas would be used to using different colour bins than what would be the traditional Greyhound Black, Brown & Green.   As our new customers would have Purple & Blue bins we have put together the below infographic to help with […]