Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 6 July 2006
823 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funds collected to date under the WEEE scheme on a monthly basis since its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27987/06]
View answerThe EU Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) allows producers to show the cost of recovering and recycling "historic" waste i.e. waste arising from electric and electronic products put on the market before 13 August 2005. These costs are referred to as Environmental Management Costs — or EMCs. They are not imposed by, or remitted to, the Government, but are paid by producers to the two collective compliance schemes operating in Ireland, WEEE Ireland and the European Recycling Platform. As schemes are operating under the responsibility of the producers, information on the revenue collected to date is not available in my Department.
