Seanad debates

Thursday, 13 February 2003

Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed).

 

No major power is being suddenly removed. The plans are being put in place and I am ensuring they cannot be varied now; otherwise it is obvious the "sexy" bits would be picked out and people would say they can live with some recycling but do not want to know about a dump in their area or about thermal treatment or combined heat and power. People do not want to know about those issues but the reality, as Senators and councillors know, is that one cannot deal with all the waste streams just with recycling or prevention. We cannot deal with them all through landfills or thermal treatment either. We will have to combine those four methods.

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