Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (Resumed)
Paul Daly (Fianna Fail)
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Yes. Along with the levy, the company's other source of income is the collection charge. It has doubled the charge per tonne, which is an inhibitor. That is where some of the 5% is going because it is becoming an expensive pastime to deliver this plastic to depots. IFFPG had to double that charge because it knows where its balance sheet is.