Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 18 June 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Circular Economy as it relates to Consumer Durables: Discussion
Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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As we heard earlier, there is no tracking of what happens after the material goes to recovery. We need to get quite forensic about what happens subsequently to all this WEEE material, including where all the various batteries are assembled and where they go. My worry is whether community bring centres can get us to the scale we need. If they cannot, how do we make the two things compatible? Can we change the extended producer responsibility model to create the new spaces we need in communities?