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Rubbish end for e-vote trolleys
02.04.13
THEIR original contents
were deemed rubbish, writes Linda McGrory.
So it seems only fitting that the trolleys designed
to transport the ill-fated e-voting machines around
to the various Irish constituencies have been
re-elected - as waste bins.
Recycling organisation WEEE Ireland has purchased
1,000 of the former e-voting machine transportation
trolleys. They have been modified and given a
blue-coloured WEEE Ireland makeover. |
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Former electronic voting machine
transportation trolleys that have been modified by
recycling organisation, WEEE Ireland, for use as
collection bins for small electrical waste items
such as old toasters, kettles and hair-dryers. |
They will be located at
many electrical retailers and other collection
points for consumers to fill with old batteries and
small electrical waste items such as toasters,
kettles and hair-dryers.
The controversial electronic voting machines –
commissioned by the Fianna Fáil-led boom-time
government – eventually cost the taxpayer some €55
million.
KMK Metals Recycling Ltd in Co Offaly successfully
bid just €70,000 last year for the 7,500 defunct
machines and related equipment.
WEEE Ireland compliance manager, Elizabeth O'Reilly,
said the organisation recently bought the trolleys
from KMK with whom it already has a contract.
"People can put all their small electrical waste
items in them and they will be recycled here in
Ireland," said Ms O'Reilly.
"Many people think that all this waste is put in a
boat and shipped somewhere else. But it is actually
put through a state-of-the-art recycling process
with KMK in Tullamore," she added. Meanwhile, Ms
O'Reilly said the digital era was increasingly being
reflected in Irish waste.
"With everything going digital we are beginning to
see more and more old DVD and CD players as well as
transistor radios going to recycling." |
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