Tens of thousands of householders in Fingal will face a €110 bin charge from next year.
Fingal County Council says it is significantly extending its waste collection services and needs to recover its costs for what it calls an already heavily subsidised system.
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and Dublin City Council operate waste collection services with a flat annual fee.
Up to now, residents in Fingal only had to pay for the tag they placed on their rubbish bags for collection. Not any more.
The council's Director of Environment, PJ Howell, insistes the charge of €110 needed be introduced in 2008 to cover the costs of the expanding service.
He said the council's brown bin service, which looks after organic waste, will be expanded county-wide, while green bin collections will be doubled and will include plastics.
Mr Howell said there was a €6.9m shortfall in the cost of the service last year and, with an expanded service, additional revenue would be required.
Councillors and residents are to make their feelings known in coming days.
