Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 19 April 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion

Photo of Tim LombardTim Lombard (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am sorry to interrupt. I have heard it said twice so far that there is a two- or three-year cycle of picking up plastic. I am a little concerned by that terminology because my understanding is that for the Bord Bia examination, you need a certified letter from your actual provider saying you have it recycled. If people were to store plastic for anything over the period the Bord Bia inspection, they would probably be out of sync. I am a little put out by this. I have heard it from the Department and from Mr. Moloney. For those of us who go through the Bord Bia process, it gives out the wrong signal that it is being stored.

On another issue, can Mr. Moloney clarify whether someone needs to be a registered collector in order to get approval from Bord Bia regarding the actual collection point? In other words, does it have to be IFFPG that has the actual stamp on the receipt or does a private operator’s stamp do when it comes to the Bord Bia inspection?

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