Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy raises a serious issue. The Government this week brought the Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022 to the Oireachtas environment committee on Committee Stage. That provides a lot of the answers and reassurances to the company. In the development of the likes of the deposit refund scheme, where plastic and PET bottles are not just thrown into the green bin and the average waste stream, that we get a very high quality stream of PET bottles that can be used in recycling I would imagine in the facility the Deputy is talking about and other facilities around the country. It is one of 200 measures in the waste action plan which we are going to deliver to make the circular economy real, reduce emissions, create jobs, and reduce waste and litter. It is agreed with industry. It is being delivered and is very real.

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