Written answers
Wednesday, 5 December 2007
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Waste Management
9:00 pm
Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 172: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of waste in weight generated by his Department in 2005, 2006 and to date in 2007 in tabular readable form. [32692/07]
Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 173: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the percentage of waste in 2005, 2006 and to date in 2007 that was recycled in tabular readable form. [32707/07]
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 172 and 173 together.
The information sought by the Deputy is not normally available in my Department because waste generated by the Department is collected and disposed of by a number of private companies. Based on information supplied by those companies, my Department has generated the amounts of waste specified in Column 2 below in the years 2005, 2006 and to date in 2007. The percentage of the waste generated by my Department that was recycled by the private companies during those periods is set out in Column 3 below.
Year | Tonnes of Waste Generated by Department | Percentage of Department's Waste Recycled |
2005 | 194 tonnes approx | 72% approx |
2006 | 216 tonnes approx | 73% approx |
2007 to date | 202 tonnes approx | 73% approx |
The above information relates to the three main buildings of my Department (Kildare Street, Davitt House and Earlsfort Centre) but does not include the buildings occupied by the offices of my Department which make independent arrangements about these matters.
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