Written answers

Wednesday, 24 February 2021

Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Illegal Dumping

Photo of Paul McAuliffePaul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has considered a national anti-illegal dumping campaign; and his views on whether the current measures to prevent illegal dumping are sufficient. [10268/21]

Photo of Eamon RyanEamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy contains a range of additional actions designed to enhance waste enforcement, protect human health and the environment, provide a strong deterrent effect and bring about behavioural change. These include:

- an enhanced role for the WERLAs,

- an anti-dumping toolkit for local authorities,

- an illegal and unauthorised sites action plan to assist authorities,

- greater use of fixed penalty notices,

- the data-proofing of waste legislation to facilitate the use of available and emerging technologies in a manner which is GDPR-compliant and;.

- A new national communications and education programme, building on the work of the Waste Communications Strategy Group and Waste Advisory Group.

I launched the national anti-dumping awareness communications campaign, Your County, Your Waste in November 2020, as part of the 2020 anti-dumping initiative. It includes a tailored suite of information and awareness messaging for use by local authorities and community and volunteer groups.

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