Waste Management.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 2 March 2005

Wednesday, 2 March 2005

Ceisteanna (123)

Ciarán Cuffe

Ceist:

174 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the total weight of waste that his Department produced within its offices in the past year for which figures are available; the breakdown of the weight produced from paper, glass, aluminium and steel cans, textiles, plastics, organic waste, electrical and electronic equipment, batteries, hazardous waste and mixed waste; the percentage of weight in each category which is recycled; and if he will report on any contract that his Department has for the disposal, reduction or re-use of waste. [7225/05]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Éamon Ó Cuív)

I am informed that the total weight of waste, for which figures are available, that my Department produced in the past year was 42,737 kilograms.

The breakdown is as follows: toner cartridge — 18 kgs; recycled cardboard — 2088 kgs; metallic packing — 5 kgs; cables — 10 kgs; electrical scrap — 86 kgs; PC base unit — 343 kgs; PC keyboard and mouse — 23 kgs; PC monitor — 530 kgs; photocopier, small — 80 kgs; printer — 290 kgs; projector — 73 kgs; recycled paper — 39,018 kgs; wood — 29 kgs; metal chair — 50 kgs and general waste — 94 kgs. My Department has a waste recycling and destruction contract with Fingal Recycling. According to this company, all the above material has been recycled apart from the general waste at 94 kgs.