Ms Bernie Kiely:

Again, this is all part of producers taking responsibility for the material they put on the market. In terms of the approval the scheme has, there is a requirement on them to use some of that funding towards promotion. We are, therefore, very alive to the real need for the scheme to be promoted to farmers. However, just because we do not provide funding does not mean that we are not supportive. We provide joined-up communications from our PR department and other organisations across the circular economy network to ensure the good work of the farm plastics scheme is promoted and held up really as a model for other schemes to emulate.