Vi er inne i tid hvor politikere og og andre sentrale samfunnsaktører som ikke tar plastforurensing på alvor raskt får problemer med opinionen. I Irland har senator Catherine Noone skjønt dette og krever handling fra sitt eget regjerende parti, i form av innføring av pant.


A Fine Gael Senator has outlined support for a deposit return scheme for plastic bottles, despite her party’s opposition to the policy in legislation currently before the Oireachtas environment committee.

Earlier today, Senator Catherine Noone said that Ireland should follow in the footsteps of numerous Scandinavian countries, US states, and Germany by introducing a deposit return system on plastic bottles.

Ms Noone said that such a move would put Ireland on the path to “becoming a leader in plastic recycling” within Europe.

Ireland is currently the top producer of plastic waste in Europe, producing 61kg of plastic waste per person each year. This is 9kg more than the second worst offender, Luxembourg.

“By incentivising recycling we can make a real impact on the amount of waste we produce as a society,” Ms Noone added.

“We have a responsibility to provide a sustainable future to coming generations, caring for the environment is one way we can do this and recycling plastic can play a key role in that endeavour.”

The Fine Gael-led Government, however, is reluctant to introduce a deposit-and-return scheme as laid out in the Green Party’s Waste Reduction Bill currently before the Environment Committee for pre-legislative scrutiny.

https://greennews.ie/fine-gael-senator-calls-deposit-return-scheme-plastic-bottles/