Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 21 May 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Circular Economy in the Food Sector: Discussion

Mr. David Flynn:

I reject that completely. As regards the EPA, we have licensed anaerobic digesters and we have provided input into the Department's own development of the strategy. Anaerobic digestion absolutely has a role to play, as I have just said, in the development of a holistic system for dealing with food waste, clean energy production and biomethane in terms of displacing carbon-intensive areas. We will certainly come back to the committee on the details of the testing and look at that, but-----