Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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1175. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he plans to update legislation that takes into account recyclable plastics as a usable product and not a waste product; and if he will issue orders on a case-by-case basis to acknowledge current market practices by companies seeking to reduce and adapt waste practices across the country. [15655/18]

Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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The Environmental Protection Agency already exercises an independent statutory function in relation to 'end of waste' in accordance with Article 28  of the European Communities (Waste Directive) Regulations 2011, S.I 126 of 2011.

Where criteria have not been set at EU level as referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 6 of the Waste Directive, the Agency may decide case by case whether certain waste, including plastic waste, has ceased to be waste in accordance with the criteria set out in Article 28(1) of S.I 126 of 2011, taking into account the applicable case law.