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DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL (DCC) is looking to procure 800 solar-powered compacting litter bins to reduce the number of bins around the city.
DCC has submitted a tender seeking expressions of interest in providing the service saying it could reduce the number of litter bins around the city by 20%.
At present, there are about 1,150 litter bins across the capital and DCC wants to reduce this to about 800.
It’s envisaged that, as far as is possible, the new smart bins would be placed in the same locations as the current bins. If this wasn’t possible they should be placed as close as possible to the current locations.
Solar powered compacting bins work by storing energy from the sun and using it to power a rubbish compactor inside. This allows the bins to hold up to eight times as much rubbish.
The bins also monitor how much rubbish is inside and can notify collectors when they need to be emptied.
DCC’s tender advertisement makes clear that the council is seeking a public waste system that compacts the litter and can be monitored by way of a web portal.
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Organ donation should be compulsary. Yes, people will disagree and say it’s against their rights blah blah blah…… but after a few years people would get over it and it would be the norm. Imagine having no waiting lists.. How many people would be saved?
Yes these people with their human rights blah blah blah and their wanting to own their own bodies blah blah and their wanting the basic courtesy of being asked before they get recycled blah blah blah.
More seriously though, wouldn’t that require legally forcing families to turn off life support before they’re ready if there’s somebody waiting for an organ? And conversely people being arbitrarily “allowed” to live longer if there happens to be nobody waiting for an organ?
Wow..
For the most part Neal, life support would be switched off anyway as the person would have been declared brain dead. This is a clinical decision. In most centres in Ireland it’s a very specific set of circumstances where a patients organs are donated.. I. E. a person has to be brain stem dead, on a ventilator, in an ICU. The organs will always be used so there would be no unnecessary prolongation of life support. As someone who has been involved in numerous organ harvesting cases, forced organ donation could potentially be a very disturbing and traumatic situation.
I lost my best friend when she was 23. The decision to donate her organs was taken without hesitation. About a year later her mum got a letter from a girl who had received her kidneys. She told us how her life had changed so much since and it really was wonderful to hear. In the depths of the darkness it was a sliver of sunshine.
There really is no reason not to donate.
An opt-out system seems like the best idea to me. It would at least make people think about donation. There are many reasons why people are against donating their organs and forcing them to do it is morally wrong but complacency is equally wrong. The chance to save the lives of others at the end of our own lives is something we should reflect on and consciously decide on. It would also make it easier for families who may not want to be faced with the decision at a time of grieving.
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