Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 23 March 2017
187. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the obligations refuse companies have regarding collection, segregation and disposal of glass waste from domestic customers; if such companies are required to provide a separate bin service for the collection of glass bottles; the regulation in place or planned to manage this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14685/17]
View answerThere is no obligation on collectors of household waste under waste management legislation to provide a separate bin service for the collection of glass bottles. In terms of the recycling of glass, recent data (links provided below) indicate that we are at or above an 80% recycling level. There are over 2,200 bring banks and 100 recycling centres across the country, which support these relatively high recycling levels for glass.
www.repak.ie/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Repak_AR_final_for-web1.pdf.
www.epa.ie/pubs/reports/waste/stats/EPA_Progress%20towards%20EU%20targets_Jan17_web.pdf.
