Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 October 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion

Mr. Kevin O'Donoghue:

It is an interesting one. I believe that I was at the same plant described by the Vice Chairman. From a departmental perspective, it is something we would look at more on the energy side than from a purely waste perspective. We have conversations with the energy side in relation to it. There are some fairly substantial anaerobic digestion projects which have come on stream over the last while, and are about to come on stream. It will be interesting to see what kinds of feedstock they go for. The standard mix at the moment is slurries and potentially some organic fines. We keep an eye on it but the stronger element in Ireland tends to be for composting at the moment rather than anaerobic digestion. As an emerging technology, however, we are certainly open to seeing its use expanded.

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