Conor Walsh

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437 appearances 5 recordings 2 series first heard May 2026 last heard 13 Aug

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And the other thing, of course, is we pay this tax to Europe, this plastic-owned resources tax.

So every plastic container that is not recycled...

You know, we pay a fine to Europe.

You know, we pay a tax, they call it, not a fine.

But that has been a billion euro in the last five years.

Billion euro to Europe.

Not all avoidable, but half it's avoidable.

And that's what we're getting at.

If we could save a half a billion in the next five years, wouldn't that be great?

So you arrive home in the evening and your bin has been collected.

Do you ever give it a second thought?

So let's ask the question, what happens to your rubbish once it leaves your house?

Conor Walsh is here, Secretary of the Irish Waste Management Association.

Conor, you're very welcome.

Thank you for being here.

So what will we start with?

Will we start with the recycling bin perhaps first and then we'll go to the rest of it?

So what happens to that stuff?

So they're taking things like soft plastic away from cardboard.

Do they only take their own or do they take all brands?

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