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:

We are predicting that our collections will be down a bit this year because 20% less plastic was sold last year and the winter was reasonably good although a bit wet for the last few weeks, meaning that cattle went in later in the autumn. We expect we will be a down a bit, but we do not expect this to impact our finances negatively because the bulk of our income comes from the producer contribution. That will largely also be determined by the weather this summer. If growth conditions are good, the market will grow. If growth conditions are very difficult, we might see it plateau at the same level as last year.

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