Galway docks

The council are responsible. People have made an effort to dispose or litter correctly but obviously the council have not emptied the bins. This is a knock on effect of privatisation of rubbish collection in Ireland. The same is happening all over ireland and will continue until the local authorities provide the services which are being paid fo. r

Exactly my sentiments. This rubbish is a discrace and even at home we have to take our bottles to a separate recycle bin in the village these people who left this would not treat their home bins in such a manner or WOULD THEY ??

The picture tells its own story they know how to buy and drink the stuff but they want the servants to pick it up and dispose of it

The more I travel to other countries, the more it appears to me that a lot of us Irish are dirty b#%^ds. Every other jurisdiction can have bins in public areas without some chances deciding he can bin his household rubbish in it and save himself a few bob on his own bin. That just doesn’t seem to happen elsewhere. Therefore the councils decide, rightly or wrongly, to remove the bins to prevent abuse. I’m really forming the opinion that it is an Irish problem

The parking meters are belonging to Galway docks authority. This is a car park, not a campsite or even an aire. The bins are there for street litter.They aren't designed to take the volume of litter being dropped in there by motorhomes The fee for parking overnight is 4 euro, They aren't designed to take the volume of litter being dropped in there by motorhomes. Would it be ok for households to dump any of their rubbish into into street bins. I don't think so. We should take our rubbish home or else go and stay in a campsite where these facilities are provided and paid for. This behaviour is going to ruin it for everyone else. It will be like Ross Castle car park in Killarney where motorhomes can no longer park there because in the words of the park ranger, it was being treated like a campsite.

Why should they provide facilities for motorhomes, its car park not an aire, easier for authorities to just stop motorhomes for parking there...and who are the losers in the long run!!

Sorry to disagree about this being an Irish problem this just shows what we have here in Somerset, you only have to read the headline and the fine figure.
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/…60-1463509

I find it strange (but I suppose expected) that the motorhomes are being blamed is there any proof, in places of high tourist usage (we often see the massive wheelie bins as used for large blocks of flats) and that is just places that don't allow overnight stops (well they are almost non existent in England

In the village where I live its now hard to find a bin and it is spoiling the place again collection has been outsourced.
At home we have to fully sort all our house waste with separate bins each for plastics, paper, tin, cardboard and drinks cartons, glass bottles & jars, batteries and small electrical goods, textile including shoes and clothes these are all to be placed separate in green boxes collected every week, a normal grey bin for the rest and we had the choice of buying another bin for garden waste these two collected every two weeks. The good news is that the council is constantly in the top 3 in the UK for recycling waste which makes it all worthwhile.

Education is what is needed in case you are wondering if our bins are checked by the collection agents they are and if they are not happy or if you overload they don't take and leave a warning notice about the consequences if you continue to abuse.
It must work

I totally agree with recycling. I am refering to motorhome waste management. I areas of high tourist traffic the only answer is to provide facilities. Both toilette waste and also general rubbish. This has to be provided by the authority providing the service be it PARKING, AIRE or campsite,The illusion of tourists from other jurisdictions taking their rubbish home is just that an illusion. Germans French Irish or British will not take rubbish or there waste home. Once again I reiterate the only answer is Provide facilities or don't provide the service. AH SURE IT WILL BE ALRIGHT DON'T CONNT HERE.

Why can’t people take there rubbish home I return 90% of my waste home ,ie tins bottles food waste the only thing I dont take back is paper products ,the only time I despose of my waste is if I stay on a site which isn’t often on a site your paying for the use of the bins ,I came across this behaviour in buncranna 3 Motorhomes arrived and tried to shove as much rubbish into a litter bin even after I told them there was a recycling point over the fence ,these people should never be aloud to have a motor home "

At least those are close to the bin, you'll normally see the rubish all over the place... it's in huge issue, drives me bunkers.

I think it would help if councils who have areas where motorhomes congregate put a sign up with the address of their recycling centre which takes household rubbish.
I think (hope) that most people would take their rubbish and pay for it if they knew where to go. I hope my faith in human nature isn't misplaced!
Having said that, it is a bit of a shock when you come from a country where you can put any rubbish in a street bin to one where you certainly can't!
I also suspect the worst culprits are in rented motorhomes...

We all love going to Ardmore to Dicks Field. With this fantastic weather and right by the beach, the field must be full of MHs.
I hope most people are bringing home rubbish rather than filling the bins in Ardmore...anybody been recently.

Taking the rubbish home is not always an option. Think about the foreign tourist or the domestic tourist away from home for a few weeks.
Recyclable and black bag bins should be provided where motorhomes park, but if they are you can bet they would be filled to overflowing by locals trying to minimise or avoid their pay by weight bin charges.

For the first time ever, I stayed at the Galway Docks on Thursday night. We didn't arrive until about 9:00pm and I'd say there were about 9 or 10 MH there.
Bins weren't overflowing or anything. I was actually impressed with the bins that would only take a relatively small rubbish item/bag. I guess to prevent people stuffing in huge black sacks of rubbish. I didn't get the "solar" bit.

All was nice & clean & tidy. I'd have no hesitation going back.

It cost me a fiver, as I'm a lazy sod and didnt leave until 8:45am