Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 10 Mar 1998

Vol. 488 No. 4

Written Answers - Recycled Products.

David Stanton

Ceist:

98 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the arrangements, if any, in place in his Department and in any State agency or body under his control to encourage or enforce the reuse or recycling of paper and, in particular, of envelopes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6169/98]

Minister for Agriculture and Food (Mr. Walsh)

All my Department's waste paper is recycled and a considerable amount of the envelopes and stationery used in my Department is produced from recycled material. It is also the practice to reuse circulation envelopes for internal post.

Recycling of paper and envelopes by State bodies is a matter for the bodies concerned.