If you are an AES customer in the estate, you should be aware that they are changing the bin collection service from the 1st of July, 2013. From this date, they will no longer provide alternate week collections for your general waste and recycling bin. They will be moving to a dual collection of your general waste and recycling bins. This means that your general waste and recycling bins will be collected on the same day, once every two weeks. There will be no reduction in the number of collections. AES plan to send out an updated collection calendar to customers from the week beginning 17th of June.
Tag: recycling
Mulleady’s Ltd. taking over Wallace Recycling’s service in the estate
You may have received a note through the letter box regarding a change in bin collection service. As from Monday, 19th March, 2012, Mulleady’s Waste Management will be taking over the wheelie bin collection service in Ashefield from Wallace Recycling Ltd. They will use the same collection day (Wednesday).
Their paper tags will be available in the same outlets and for the same price as Wallace Recycling. They will accept any remaining Wallace Recycling tags until Saturday 31st March, 2012. After this date, all bins must have Mulleady’s Waste Management tags on them.
They also provide an electronic tag system and more information about this is available from them at www.mulleadygroup.com/waste
Wallace Recycling change their bin collection schedule
Wallace Recycling recently moved to fortnightly refuse/recycling collections. This means they won’t collect green (refuse) and blue (recycling) on the same week anymore. Their updated calendar can be found here
According to their website:
General rubbish collected only on weeks in white. Day of collection has not changed. Recycle bin collected only on weeks marked blue. Day of collection has not changed. For further information contact 044 9347177
Free electrical and electronic waste collection
From 10am to 4pm today, you can bring your waste electrical products to a free ERP recycling centre at Tesco.
Products that has/had a battery or plug can be brought e.g.
- IT equipment / large domestic appliances
- Electric kettles / electric heaters
- Power tools / game consoles / dishwashers
- Microwave ovens / televisions / radios
- Video players / electric lawn mowers
- Lighting equipment / bulbs / tubes / flashlamps
Staff will be on hand to assist with unloading and both plug and battery-operated electrical waste will be accepted. Commercial waste will not be accepted
New waste management option – AES
Representatives from AES Waste Management visited the estate and attended our recent AGM. They have a new range of pricing structures that may prove attractive to residents.
Two options are available. One is on a monthly fee 
basis where recycling and refuse are collected every two weeks for €16.50 until up to next year. This includes a glass bin collection service every 12 weeks.
The second option is a pay by lift service, which is the most common option in the estate at the moment with existing waste management companies. They are charging €6.99 for general waste bin collection (up to to 65kg and 18c/kg in excess of 65kg) and €1.99 for a recycling bin. The duration of this limited period option is not known yet but does represent the lowest cost option when compared to Wallace and Allied Waste at the moment.
Collection day
AES will collect bins on Fridays in Ashefield.
Saying goodbye to bin tags
AES are also offering a pay as you go service if you set up an account with them. This means that the cost of each bin lift can be deducted from your account. You can top this up online, over the phone, or at an outlet, and you’ll receive a text when your balance is low.
Local employment
Some employees of AES live in Ashefield and when AES were asked at the AGM, they stated that they do employ a large number of people from the Mullingar area.
Opportunities for the estate
At the AGM, AES mentioned that depending on the amount of signed-up customers in Ashefield, skips and cleaning equipment for the estate may be made available on a yearly business for estate spring-cleans and other clear-outs with free skip collection when full.
So there you are – another option worth considering for bin collection. If you have any questions, the best option is to call them at 1850 650 655
Bin tag offers
Latest Offer Update (Jan ’10): Allied Waste Management is offering two tags for the price of one. These are available at all the usual tag outlets.
2 waste tags for €7.50
2 recycling tags for €4
Expired Offers (Dec ’09):
Allied Waste Management is offering four bin tags for €20 as part of their Christmas gift pack promotion.
Given the 10% saving claims, it appears that this offer is for two green bin (refuse) and two blue bin (recycling) tags for €20. It’s not clear on their website but this will be confirmed soon.
The cost of buying two green and two blue tags together from Wallace Recycling is €22. Allied Waste’s €20 promotion beats this by €2; enough for a Santa candle on the mantelpiece perhaps.