Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 13 July 2017
994. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the expenditure of the budget allocated to the regional waste management planning offices in 2016 and 2017, by campaign, nature of expenditure and date. [33575/17]
View answerIn 2016, approximately €28,000 was provided to the Regional Waste Management Planning Offices (RWMPOs) for the preparation of an awareness campaign for the proposed introduction of a per kilogramme pay by weight on 1 July 2016; it was decided in June 2016 not to proceed with the introduction of pay by weight at that time.
To date in 2017, approximately €500,000 has been committed by the RWMPOs to fund the continued roll out of a comprehensive waste campaign. This campaign includes a programme of education and awareness using radio and cinema advertisements to encourage the use of brown bin and focusing on food waste prevention, backed up with social media campaigns; the development of a master recycling programme by the RWMPOs, working with the environmental pillar, to roll out workshops across the country training recycling ambassadors to bring the recycling message and understanding to a wide variety of communities; and, a billboard campaign to promote the prevention, reduction, reuse and recycling of waste.
