Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)

The Minister has given the House a rose-tinted version of what is being sent to landfill. He probably would not give this version if he were not the Minister.

The newspapers were reporting on the report of the EPA about this issue. Both the Minister and I know what goes into black bins and much of this is waste that could be recycled. In some counties, 93% of the municipal waste is sent to landfill. The residents do their part by segregating waste where the opportunity is provided to them but the Government, through the local authorities, is paying companies large sums of money to dump waste in landfill.

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