Ms Bernie Kiely:

It depends really on the stream one is talking about. As the Deputy will be aware, many of the producer schemes were conceived at a time where recycling was the height of the ambition and now there is a generational shift in terms of ambition and recycling is no longer good enough. We are at that point in time of transitioning to a point where we are requiring producers to include reuse as part of their ambition rather than just recycling. That is happening at European level as well, as the Deputy will be aware. There are new regulations agreed for batteries.

The new packaging regulation is just over the line. There are new legislative texts up for negotiation.