Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I do not know if they take it from individuals. I would say that they have to have a contract with an assembler of plastic. I would not say they would be in the business of taking a tractor load of plastic off an individual. I would say you would have to be supplying a certain amount of tonnage to them. You would have the problem of collecting the plastic and delivering it to them.

They are charging €38 per tonne to take in the plastic. In terms of the economics, I am sure there is a question going through your minds. This must be a good money earner. I will be putting that question to the Irish Farm Films Producers Group. There is a levy on the plastic at the point of purchase and a collection fee is being charged as well. The cost for it to be taken to an assembly point for collection is €50 per tonne.