Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 October 2019
500. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he last met with waste providers; the date and location of the meeting; and the matters discussed. [43176/19]
Amharc ar fhreagraI recently hosted a high level consultative forum on developing a new National Waste strategy and to discuss how this new strategy can deliver the ambitious targets set out in the Climate Action Plan. The forum took place on Monday 16th September 2019.
The forum was attended by a number of representatives from the waste industry, local authorities, waste collectors, household representative groups and NGOs.
At this forum I announced that a new waste strategy which will ban single-use plastic plates, cutlery, straws, balloon sticks, cotton bud sticks, polystyrene cups and food containers; introduce fees on non-recyclable plastics, like on food packaging in supermarkets; halve food waste; end the use of non-recyclable plastic; double the rate of recycled material used; increase the recycling rate of plastic packaging by 60%; cut dependence on landfill by 60%.
