The system for collecting rubbish from businesses and homes in the south inner city is a "chaotic situation", a Dublin City Councillor has said.

Since January, 90 streets in Dublin's south inner city have been subject to a ban on using plastic sacks for rubbish collection.

City centre premises that did not have enough space for wheelie bins were previously allowed to leave out plastic bin bags for collection.

However, new rules from Dublin City Council put an end to the use of plastic bags for collection on 90 streets around the Grafton Street and Temple Bar area.

On The Pat Kenny Show, Cllr Mannix Flynn said the new rules were part of a plan to make Dublin a cleaner city.

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That plan, however, has now "fallen apart", according to Cllr Flynn.

"The reason why it fell apart was because it wasn’t organised," he said.

"The incentive is that plastic bin bags are no longer acceptable on the street and you have to put them in a wheelie bin and the commercial companies will lift that to make it look a lot better.

"That’s somewhat confused now because we haven’t even talked to the commercial operator as to how this is all going to happen.

"They’re going to have to change their whole way of going about their business."

Cllr Flynn has said there is a lack of "pro-activeness" in implementing rubbish solutions in the city centre and called for a more organised approach between Dublin City Council and the commercial waste services.

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"The solution is to organise it in a proper way - everywhere else has an organised solution," he said.

According to Cllr Flynn, some people are rooting through wheelie bins in the city centre for plastic bottles, which is leading to more litter.

"You see it on Aungier Street and Grafton Street - rubbish strewn across the street," he said.

Cllr Flynn said this is leading to a "chaotic situation" in the south inner city.

Feature image: Rubbish bags await collection by Council services on the roadside in a central Dublin Street Ireland, Alamy