Mr. Matthew Collins:

The challenge in terms of using it as a potential energy source is that it is not an engineered process. The landfills in question were designed many years ago. It is probably an engineering question that I am not qualified to answer in terms of the ability to provide an energy source that could be used for electricity generation. The more modern, purpose-built waste-to-energy facilities are designed for that purpose from the outset. For example, the Poolbeg facility already generates electricity so rather than the materials going to landfill, we are reducing the number of landfills and the amount of material going to them. In line with the principles of the circular economy, we are using the material and trying to keep the value of materials in the economy for longer by extracting the energy value.