{"id":680,"date":"2018-12-06T13:24:17","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T13:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/consumers-and-businesses-bamboozled-about-what-to-put-in-their-recycling-bins\/"},"modified":"2024-01-26T11:22:51","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T11:22:51","slug":"consumers-and-businesses-bamboozled-about-what-to-put-in-their-recycling-bins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/consumers-and-businesses-bamboozled-about-what-to-put-in-their-recycling-bins\/","title":{"rendered":"Consumers and businesses bamboozled about what to put in their recycling bins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Social Democrats have said today\u2019s findings of low waste recycling rates among householders and businesses will not get better unless drastic action is taken to improve both public awareness and recycling processes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"et-pullquote\"><p>\u201cWe need to assist and educate householders and businesses to play their part by recycling more. But far more importantly, we need to move rapidly to a situation with all consumer goods packaging that if it\u2019s not recyclable, then it\u2019s simply not put on the market.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Social Democrats have said today\u2019s findings of low waste recycling rates among householders and businesses will not get better unless drastic action is taken to improve both public awareness and recycling processes.<\/p>\n<p>Cian O\u2019Callaghan, the party\u2019s Spokesperson on Energy and Climate Change said the new report by the Environmental Protection Agency shows that consumers and businesses are bamboozled about what to put it their recycling bins.<\/p>\n<p>Cllr O\u2019Callaghan said;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s clear from this report that Irish consumers and businesses are producing way too much general waste by putting large quantities of recyclable materials in the wrong bins. The report identifies plastics, food waste and single use materials as areas of particular concern.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to assist and educate householders and businesses to play their part by recycling more. But far more importantly, we need to move rapidly to a situation with all consumer goods packaging that if it\u2019s not recyclable, then it\u2019s simply not put on the market.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cllr O\u2019Callaghan also called for greatly improved recycling processes and better consumer information.<\/p>\n<p>He added:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRecycling processes and information to consumers and business owners is completely inadequate. We can\u2019t expect anything other than today\u2019s results until these are improved. Research that the Social Democrats have carried out shows that there\u2019s very different and conflicting information given to the public in different parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile a recent recycling list, recyclinglistireland.ie ,was developed this year and is very welcome, it\u2019s just not comprehensive enough it doesn\u2019t answer questions such as:<\/p>\n<ul>What do you do with black plastics?<\/ul>\n<p>A recent D\u00e1il reply to the Social Democrats suggested that black plastics could be recycled, yet our research shows that leaflets distributed to householders by local authorities in certain parts of the country tell them not to do this.<\/p>\n<ul>What exactly is a rigid plastic?<\/ul>\n<p>There is utter confusion on things like packaging for cooked meats. We are told rigid plastics can be recycled, but what if it\u2019s semi rigid as lots of meat packaging is?<\/p>\n<ul>Are soft plastic bread wrappings recyclable?<\/ul>\n<p>Some local authorities are telling people to bring their bread bags to their local bring centres for recycling, yet our research indicates that they are not actually recycled so a lot of effort and goodwill goes to waste. In the UK, bread bags can be recycled in supermarkets, but we have contacted three major bread suppliers over the past few weeks and what it shows is that there\u2019s no system in place even when they have it on their packaging that it\u2019s recyclable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ENDS<\/p>\n<p>6th December 2018<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Social Democrats have said today\u2019s findings of low waste recycling rates among householders and businesses will not get better unless drastic action is taken to improve both public awareness and recycling processes. \u201cWe need to assist and educate householders and businesses to play their part by recycling more. 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