FERMANAGH and Omagh District Council collected one of the lowest amounts of household waste in the North, as concerns grow among ratepayers and homeowners who say they wait weeks at times for their bins to be lifted. The ‘Herald understands that, in some areas of the county, residents are waiting more than four weeks for […]
Fermanagh waste water system at full capacity
VAST swathes of Fermanagh are currently either at capacity or approaching their capacity for wastewater treatment, which is having a significant impact on planning and development around the county. A recent report by Fermanagh and Omagh Council’s director of regeneration and planning, Kim McLaughlin, provided an update on the current situation across the wider area, based on information […]
Fermanagh sports clubs are now paying to recycle
LOCAL sports clubs are now having to pay to get recycling bottle banks emptied in Fermanagh, a recent Council meeting has heard. At a recent meeting of the Environmental Services committee, Ulster Unionist Party councillor, John McClaughry, pointed out that mixed glass bottles which clubs such as Enniskillen Rugby Club and Kesh Football Club are […]
Binmen kept busy coping with extra waste over lockdown
FERMANAGH’S binmen have been lifting huge amounts of extra waste from local homes since the lockdown began. With recycling centres and dumps closed across the county for the majority of the lockdown, which began at the end of March, our frontline binmen were left with tonnes of extra work to do. A total of 673 […]
New brown bins crucial for council to meet landfill
The Council went over its landfill limit this year, but it hopes the new bin roll out could improve it recycling rate.