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Does bin monitoring actually lead to people sorting their rubbish properly?

Some customers of the waste company Panda have expressed unease at their bins being monitored. T...

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15.23 26 Aug 2025


Does bin monitoring actually lead to people sorting their rubbish properly?


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Some customers of the waste company Panda have expressed unease at their bins being monitored.

The company has rolled out a monitoring campaign to over 50,000 customers to try and get people to put their rubbish in the correct bin.

But is this an effective way to change people’s behaviour? And are customers right to be concerned about privacy?

Dublin Editor with the Irish Times Olivia Kelly and Secretary of the Irish Waste Management Association join Kieran to discuss.


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