10th May 2002

PRESS RELEASE

GREEN PARTY TO RECYCLE ELECTION POSTERS INTO SEWER PIPES AND MANHOLE COVERS

The Green Party announced plans today to recycle their election posters. Their candidates intend donating their posters to a recycling company, which will shred the posters and cable, ties and send them to the UK for use in the manufacturing of plumbing products including manhole covers and sewer pipes.

Announcing the move their Dún Laoghaire candidate, Ciarán Cuffe stated:  “this is a good example of practicing what we preach. I’m sure many people will be delighted to know that politicians’ posters shall be recycled into sewer pipes.

“Let’ s hope that all political parties will recycle their election posters rather than dump them after the election.”

Fingal Recycling (contact Mark Dunne 841 5700) will be accepting used election posters from all shades of the political spectrum in the week after the election.

ENDS

For further information contact:

Ciarán Cuffe  087 265 2075 or 618 3082

Stephen Rawson, Press Officer 087 235 7551 or 618 4088