Ivana Bacik (Dublin Bay South, Labour)
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123. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated annual cost of including glass bottles in the proposed deposit return scheme of his Department. [45138/21]

Ossian Smyth (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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The Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy sets out the roadmap for the introduction of a national Deposit and Return Scheme in 2022.  Materials to be included in the scheme will be those for which there are challenging EU recycling and separate collection targets. The scheme will therefore focus on plastic bottles and aluminium beverage cans. Recycling rates in Ireland for glass are significantly above current EU targets While other materials may be considered for inclusion in the Deposit and Return Scheme when the scheme is fully established no analysis of associated costs of inclusion have  been undertaken at this point in time.