Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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185. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of LDPE or HDPE beverage containers sold here on an annual basis; and the number that are recycled. [22915/18]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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186. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of PET beverage containers sold here on an annual basis; and the number that are recycled. [22916/18]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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187. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of aluminium beverage containers sold here on an annual basis; and the number that are recycled. [22917/18]

Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 185 to 187, inclusive, together.

Packaging statistics are compiled in Ireland by the EPA in accordance with the EU Packaging Directive.  In accordance with that Directive, we are obliged to report by tonnage on the following packaging types: Glass, Plastic, Paper and Board, Metals and Wood.  In the most recent statistics compiled by the EPA, 282,148 tonnes of plastic were generated in Ireland, of which 34% was recycled.  65,861 tonnes of metal (aluminium and steel) were generated and 75% of this was recycled ().

The table below details the amount of tonnage in each of the categories above placed on the market by members of the national producer responsibility scheme (Repak) and the rate at which they were recycled.

Tonnes