Seanad debates
Wednesday, 5 February 2003
Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed).
During my term on the Council of Europe, I was impressed by the concept of separating waste. In Ireland we are beginning to tackle this issue. I listened to the Minister on radio this morning speaking about further grants to be announced for recycling. In County Galway, Rehab has done wonderful work in providing facilities in towns and small villages for the disposal of drinking cans and bottles. We have not made sufficient progress regarding the disposal of paper and much remains to be done in this area. Some of the larger towns have centres to which old clothes can be brought. If we obtain the grants to which the Minister referred, a major change can be made in the way we deal with waste disposal. Some European airports have different compartments for paper, drinking cans, bottles and so on. However, such progress has not been made in Ireland because facilities of this type are not provided at our airports.
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