Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 December 2022
181. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the cost to households has been considered as part of the new deposit return scheme in cases in which a person will pay an additional cost for plastics and cans while also paying for household waste collection which is increasing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61787/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraA national Deposit Return Scheme was launched on the 28th November this year and will become operational to the public from February 2024.Deposit Return Schemes encourage people to return empty drinks containers for recycling. They work by charging anyone who buys a drink a small deposit for the plastic bottle or can that it comes in. They get this money back when they return the container to be recycled. As the deposit is refundable, deposit return will result in no additional cost to households.
A Price Monitoring Group (PMG) was established in 2017 to monitor the cost of residential waste collection to households in Ireland and to report on pricing trends. In the Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy we have committed to expanding the role of the PMG to monitor more of the market and to examine whether fair and transparent pricing is consistent in the market.
