Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 19 April 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion
Mr. Liam Moloney:
Unfortunately, that linkage is broken now. This is mainly because of the decision by the Chinese five or six years ago to stop importing plastic waste. That country used to import 7 million tonnes annually. Once that importation stopped, we saw oversupply in Europe and elsewhere. Unfortunately, therefore, plastic at the moment has no positive value. We hope in the years to come to see it return. If that happens, our costs will reduce dramatically and we will pass the savings back to farmers and our producer members.
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