Dublin council to trial ‘seagull-proof’ bin bags

• Published date: 01 December 2022

Dublin City Council will in the new year begin a trial of seagull-proof sacks in its latest effort to find a solution to ending the use of bin bags, often ripped open by birds and other animals

Councillors raised concerns yesterday that sacks could be "manky" when taken indoors and that specifically naming gulls as a problem might "denigrate wildlife".

Legislation requiring the use of bins instead of refuse sacks came into force in 2016 but residents and businesses on more than 1,000 streets in the capital were exempt from the new rules because their properties were unsuitable for bins.

The council in 2019 announced a competition for "innovative...