Joe Browne with some of the used paint tins at Holmestown Recycle Centre There was a massive 30% rise in the tonnage received at bottle banks in Wexford last year, representing an extra 1,000 tonnes of glass and cans. In 2019, the figure was 3,300 tonnes and last year, it was 4,327 tonnes. 'From the minute the first lockdown came last March, it never let up,' said Peter Byrne, Senior Services Supervisor in the Environment section of the Council. 'The bring centres would have been as busy last April, May and June as they would usually be at Christmas and that has continued during the year.