Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 January 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Scrutiny of the Waste Reduction Bill 2017

1:30 pm

Dr. Neil Walker:

We want to be part of the solution, not part of the problem. We advocate stronger enforcement of existing litter laws. It costs money but one needs to spend the money on having ten more wardens. One needs better education. The educational campaign on gum litter more than halved the proportion of gum litter in all litter over a period of years. IBEC was very supportive of that. Why will it not work for this?