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Barna Recycling Launches New Customer Portal

Barna Recycling New Customer Portal

Customer Portal User Guide

The new Barna Recycling Customer Portal can be used to access details on your personal online Barna Recycling account. You can quickly view your account information, transactions, lift history, collection calendar, avail of account support and make easy payments online.

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Top Summer Recycling Tips for Kids!

Encourage your children to recycle

With the children on holidays from school and a long weekend on the horizon, this can only mean one thing – more waste! Why not encourage your children to learn about recycling, and who knows they might enjoy it!

Follow these handy tips that will tell you all you need to know…

Recycling Tip One – Easy Access to Bins

Try to have two to three bins in your kitchen. Depending on your area you may or may not have a food compost bin. Clearly label the bins and associate each of them with a colour; black for general waste, blue or green for recycling and brown for food waste. This will make it easier for children of all ages to tell them apart. You could even get the little ones to draw pictures to place on the bin.
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Disposing of Old Household Electronic Equipment

Disposing of Electrical Equipment

Broken or no longer useful household electronic equipment can take up much needed space around the home and must be disposed of carefully to ensure minimum impact to the environment and public health. Disposing of electrical and electronic products in landfill sites means millions of tonnes of materials that could potentially be recovered and reused for new products are lost. Many electronic appliances and/or their components contain substances which are considered dangerous to the environment and human health if they are disposed of inappropriately. Whilst these dangerous substances are usually only present in small quantities, they have significant potential to cause serious environmental damage. This blog post outlines a number of possible ways in which you can ensure your old electrical items are disposed of responsibly.

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Don’t Bag it – Mulch it!

Mulching

Grass cutting season is well and truly in full swing and with it, here at Barna Recycling, we are noticing a significant increase in the weight of domestic brown food waste and black general waste bins as a result of domestic grass clippings. Many householders are unaware however that mulching is a great and easy alternative method to dispose of grass clippings.

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May Bank Holiday Collection Notification

May Bank Holiday Collection Schedule

Please note customers who normally receive collections on a Monday will no longer experience a change to their collection day because it falls on a bank holiday Monday. Barna Recycling will now operate collections on bank holiday Mondays as per normal Mondays.

How to Reduce Your Waste Collection Bill for Pay by Weight Customers!

Reduce Pay By Weight Charges

From July 2016, all households in Ireland will pay for their waste collection on a pay by weight basis in order to comply with changes to the law. Around the country, many households are already paying by weight for waste collection. If you are a pay by weight customer, here are some handy tips on how to reduce your waste bill and help the planet all at the same time!

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Take the Yuck Out of Food Waste!

Food Waste Storage

Barna Recycling are delighted to partner with OBEO, an Irish company who have developed an easy-to-use, sturdy food waste box which holds up to 2kg of food waste. It’s water-resistant and closes tight so it keeps those nasty smells locked away. Once your OBEO box is full, it can be placed directly into your Barna Recycling brown bin.

The good people at OBEO are giving Barna Recycling customers 10% off online purchases of OBEO at www.weareobeo.com. Simply enter the discount code barnarecycling2015 at the checkout  or click the button below. You can also purchase OBEO at Dunne’s Stores and Supervalu’s around the country.

Competition Winners Announcement

Colouring Competition Winners

We would like to thank all the schools around Connacht who participated in our recent colouring competition.  We were delighted to receive lots of fantastic entries!  The winning entrants per region are listed below. 

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