Seanad debates
Thursday, 13 February 2003
Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed).
Nobody could disagree with the polluter pays principle but, as Senator Terry said earlier, a blanket charge for a wheeled bin, as we have in Kilkenny, means there is no incentive for people to do any type of recycling. That has to be changed. It is ridiculous that a man who fills his wheeled bin only once a month has to pay the same charge as his neighbour who fills his bin every week and makes no effort to do any sort of recycling. If we are serious about the polluter pays principle, it has to be on the basis of the quantity of waste produced by the polluter.
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