Panda Recycling is to start charging €3.80 for each compost bin lift.
A Meath County Councillor is calling for bins collections to be renationalised.
It follows after one of the largest waste collection companies in the State is introducing a special charge for households for putting food and garden waste into their compost bins.
The move by Panda Recycling has been described as a blow to efforts to encourage households to recycle.
Panda Recycling, whose parent group recently sold for €1bn, is one of the largest bin collection firms in the State with some 360,000 customers.
From May 8 next it will start charging €3.80 for each compost bin lift.
The Fine Gael Cllr Alan Tobin said that he has a bin account with Panda, he wasn't notified of the charges until he heard it on the news.
Cllr Tobin joined Eoin Beatty on Thursday's Kildare Today:

Kfm Weekend Obituary Notices
Two Men Charged In Connection With €4 Million Cocaine Seizure In Kildare And Wexford
Driving Testers At RSA Balloted For Industrial Action Over Concerns About Uninsured Vehicles
Homes Undelivered After Substantial Deposits Paid, Kildare Council Warns Of Potential Unauthorised Works
Over 1,000 E-Scooter Fines Issued As Kildare TD Calls For Tougher Penalties After Child Injured
Celbridge "Affordable" Homes Come With Council Equity Stakes
M4 Access Road To Castletown Will Reopen Next Week
Lucan Woman Pleads Guilty To Sending Threatening Messages To Tanaiste