Seanad debates
Wednesday, 5 February 2003
Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed).
I am all in favour of recycling but we should keep an eye on these facilities – the bottle banks and the recycling bins. They are obviously not cleared frequently enough and there are occasions in which they create their own little pool of pollution around the facility. That is a very bad advertisement, particularly for young people. They see something which is supposed to be green, environmentally friendly and so forth but it is simply creating further waste, mess and rubbish. I have seen this not only in Dublin but also in a number of provincial towns and it is a great pity.
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