Dan Boyle (Cork South Central, Green Party)

The Government and the Minister have failed on a policy which sees more waste being produced. The insistence in the Government amendment on spurious statistics and the transport of huge volumes of waste to countries such as China being called recycling is something we need to examine through our political system. A huge confidence trick is being played on the people of this country. They need to see paper, cans, sheets of plastic and glass bottles recycled here in terms of future value added. The fact that this Government has not done so and shows no inclination to do so means that, until we get a change of Government and Minister with responsibility for the environment, we will add to this unnecessary waste mountain.

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