Seanad debates
Thursday, 13 February 2003
Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed).
The councillors do not want to take difficult decisions. This legislation should be implemented as a temporary measure until the waste management plan for each county is enhanced, used more effectively and contains a far greater element of recycling. The incidence of recycling is patchy throughout the counties. I have seen the comparative studies on it. There are some good counties, as Senator Cox mentioned, and I have no doubt Galway people are doing the job well. However, in other counties it is only beginning while in others some progress is being made. We should have started this 30 or 40 years ago. Europe started it after the last World War and has made amazing progress. Councillors who have travelled to Vienna have told me about an incinerator there which is housed in a huge structure with a pearl studded exterior in the middle of the city.
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