Seanad debates
Wednesday, 5 February 2003
Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed).
Many recycling centres set up in towns and villages do not deal with paper. There are perhaps security and safety reasons for that. Could the newspaper industry do a bit more? There was a question of bringing papers to the Rehab centres in Galway. Pat Kenny put the question this morning as to whether the newspaper industry would take newspapers back when people are finished with them. I do not know whether it would. There should be a better system of disposing of paper. Students in schools have looked at ways to deal with the disposal of plastic containers. That is another area where more funding and direction is needed.
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