New regulations providing homes with a brown bins should see households reduce their waste disposal costs, according Leitrim County Council.
Every household in the country will be provided with a brown bin for food waste and light garden waste by their waste collector.
The Environment Minister has signed new legislation which will enable all households to segregate their waste, minimise the amount of waste that goes to landfill, and reuse waste through measures such as recycling, composting or anaerobic digestion.
Speaking to Shannonside Northern Sound, Patricia Holohan from the Environment section of Leitrim County Council says every household can avail of a brown bin from 1st of January: