Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 10 July 2008
896 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount by county of waste farm plastic collected under the scheme introduced in May 2006 to clear backlogs of waste plastic that had arisen on farms. [28453/08]
View answerIn order to address the issue of accumulated backlogs of farm plastic on farms, my predecessor announced in May 2006 that designated facilities would be provided on a temporary basis by local authorities where farmers could deposit stockpiled farm plastic.
In total, some 35,000 tonnes of materials were collected at these temporary facilities over the period 2006 to 2007. Local authorities carried out the management of the collections. A more detailed breakdown of this figure may be obtained from the local authorities.
