Conor Walsh

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

Conor Walsh’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Claire Byrne Show · Going Green: Recycling and landfill figures for Europe · 13 Aug 2026 podcast

I mean, even the best countries are not getting to 65%.

But the reality is the waste that we collect, that we managed, that doesn't get recycled is quite low.

It's equivalent nearly to the Germans.

So we are doing very well, but...

You know, like everywhere else, there's a cohort of people who are just brilliant at recycling and there's a cohort of people who just have it way down in their list of priorities and say, oh, I'm not going to bother somebody else's problem.

If we could engage those people, we could be the best in the world.

The Claire Byrne Show · Going Green: Do we need a Digital Deposit Return Scheme? · 9 Jul 2026 podcast

Yeah, there was a lot of work done on it, actually, in the UK and in Ireland.

There were trials done in Northern Ireland and Wales, and we did our own trial here in Dublin.

So, you know, we feel it's the better way to go into the future.

Look, I'm not here to say anything negative about the return scheme.

I think it's been... It's done really, really well.

You know, we were collecting cans and bottles in our recycling bins, and we were getting about 50% of those were being put in those bins, and we were recycling that.

But now...

There's like 91, 92% being recycled between the return scheme and what we still have in our recycling bins.

And, you know, when it is put in the recycling bin, it does get recycled in the exact same way.

Yeah, we are.

But at the same time, look, I'm not here to say anything really about that because, you know, that's been sorted in a different way.

But ultimately, you know, the country needed a DRS because every country in Europe needs one under EU law.

If we can't achieve 90% recycling of beverage, single-use beverage, plastic and metal containers by 2029...

we have to have a DRS by 2029.

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