Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 8 September 2022
50. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if any initiatives are being considered to encourage waste management companies to provide brown bins that collect organic and food waste in areas that do not currently have this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42071/22]
View answerThe Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy contains a number of specific measures to support the expansion of the brown bin service to all households in the State including making the provision of an organic waste bin mandatory as part of a waste collection service for all households. My Department has engaged with the key stakeholders, including the waste collection industry, to implement this measure in as short a time frame as possible while ensuring that the national rollout of organic bins is consistent with other measures in the Plan.
EPA Figures from 2020 show that 64% (882,000) of households with a kerbside waste collection service had been provided with a brown bin - up by 64,000 households on the previous year.
