Mr. Paul McDonald:

The model is well established. When a farmer buys the product, he or she pays the levy. When the farmer has finished using it and wants to present it for recycling, it is collected through the farm collection scheme or it can be brought to some of the bring centres. As the IFFPG has stated, 100% of what is presented to them for collection is collected. It is quite an efficient scheme. We have also heard that the cost to individual farmers averages out at somewhere around €65 or €70 per annum. It seems to be an efficient scheme for a relatively modest sum of money per annum.