Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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78.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to list the number of recycling initiatives that have commenced since he became minister, in tabular form.[33979/24]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy (WAPCE), Ireland’s National Waste Policy for the period 2020 to 2025, sets out an overall policy and regulatory approach to support improved waste performance in Ireland.

A number of measures outlined in the WAPCE have already been successfully introduced, including the following:

• The revision of the list of material accepted in the missed dry recyclable bin to now include soft plastics.
• The introduction of incentivised waste collection charging in the commercial waste sector.
• The introduction of an initial €10 per tonne Waste Recovery Levy on municipal waste recovery operations in Ireland and on the export of municipal waste for recovery abroad.
• An increase of €10 per tonne on the existing Landfill Levy from €75 per tonne to €85 per tonne.
• The expansion of the household “brown” bin collection service to now make it mandatory as part of a waste collection service for all households.
• Continued efforts to drive behavioural change through education and awareness campaigns.
• Ensuring that waste enforcement activities are focused on maximising the proper segregation and recycling of municipal waste through making household and commercial waste a National Waste Enforcement Priority.
• The introduction of a Deposit and Return Scheme (DRS) for certain plastic bottles and aluminium cans.