Illegal Dumping
Dail Éireann — 2023-04-27
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Ossian Smyth (GP), Dún Laoghaire

I was in Cork city last year meeting Cork City Council and the waste collectors, the people who collect the waste themselves, so that I could get a good input, in particular on dumping. I was not aware that there was a problem with anti-dumping initiatives being focused on wealthier areas. I will look into it. That is not the point of it. We are introducing CCTV very shortly to catch commercial dumping operations – criminals who are dumping in areas where they think they are going to get away with it.
To respond to Deputy Bruton, I will look into the rate of contamination. One of the most important things is to give information to people about the destination of waste. There are a lot of myths around where waste goes. People just do not understand where green bin waste or brown bin waste goes. There are stories that it all goes to China or that it is not reprocessed. I have gone to visit all of those facilities and I have seen what happens. I think we could do better at providing information through services like mywaste.ie and so on, through videos to explain to people where waste ends up.

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Sitting date: 2023-04-27