Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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Question 174: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the total weight of waste that his Department produced within its offices in the past year for which figures are available; the breakdown of the weight produced from paper, glass, aluminium and steel cans, textiles, plastics, organic waste, electrical and electronic equipment, batteries, hazardous waste and mixed waste; the percentage of weight in each category which is recycled; and if he will report on any contract that his Department has for the disposal, reduction or re-use of waste. [7225/05]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed that the total weight of waste, for which figures are available, that my Department produced in the past year was 42,737 kilograms.

The breakdown is as follows: toner cartridge — 18 kgs; recycled cardboard — 2088 kgs; metallic packing — 5 kgs; cables — 10 kgs; electrical scrap — 86 kgs; PC base unit — 343 kgs; PC keyboard and mouse — 23 kgs; PC monitor — 530 kgs; photocopier, small — 80 kgs; printer — 290 kgs; projector — 73 kgs; recycled paper — 39,018 kgs; wood — 29 kgs; metal chair — 50 kgs and general waste — 94 kgs. My Department has a waste recycling and destruction contract with Fingal Recycling. According to this company, all the above material has been recycled apart from the general waste at 94 kgs.