17th February 2005

Justice, Equality & Law Reform

Waste Disposed Of In The Department

Ciarán Cuffe  asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the total weight of waste that his Department produces within its own offices in the last year for which figures are available; the breakdown of the weight produced by paper, glass, aluminium and steel cans, textiles, plastics, organic waste, electrical and electronic equipment, batteries, hazardous waste and mixed waste respectively; the percentage of weight in each category which is recycled; and the details of any contracts his Department has for this disposal, reduction or re-use of waste.

Minister For Justice, Equality and Law Reform: 

I can inform the Deputy that records of my Department's disposal of waste material are not kept in the detail requested by the Deputy.

I can however, inform the Deputy that waste produced by my Department is disposed of by the following companies:-

Domestic waste - Dublin City Council

Recyclable waste:-

Confidential waste paper - Leech Papers and Shred - it
Obsolete machines (photocopiers, fax machines etc.) - Toshiba Ireland
Obsolete IT equipment (computers, printers etc.) - Cara Group
Used toner cartridges (for photocopiers, printers and fax machines) - Recycled by Datapac and Toshiba Ireland and Recycling Appeal.