There was a brief protest by anti-bin charge campaigners outside the Ballyogan landfill facility in the Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown Council area this morning.
Mr Peter Goodwin, senior engineer at the council's waste management section, said between 40 to 50 people picketed the entrance to the landfill. "When they were told by the foreman that the council is picking up all waste they moved on. They were bused to the Drinamoagh Estate."
Mr Goodwin said waste protests in the council area were limited. However the past few days has seen a huge rise in the amount of money being received by council residents paying their bin charges.
"Yesterday alone we received over €500,000 from people paying their waste charges." He said this was proof that the reminder letters were working and that most people were complying.
Yesterday the waste charges protest spread to the South Dublin County Council area as the High Court granted injunctions against 16 protesters who had interfered with bin collections.
The President of the High Court, Mr Justice Finnegan, made all orders permanent until the full trial of South Dublin Council's action against the 16 named protesters.
The orders restrained them from interfering with the collection of waste or impeding the passage of bin lorries and harassing binmen or council officials.