PQ 216
216. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he is aware of problems with the removal of clothes pods, where they have become hotspots for illegal dumping and are not being used regularly for the donation of clothes, as a result of the EU Waste Framework Directive, which requires each Member State to provide a segregated waste collection service; and if his Department will instruct local authorities to remove clothes pods which are not being actively used for the donation of clothes, and are instead being used for illegal dumping and have been damaged. [51612/25]
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216. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he is aware of problems with the removal of clothes pods, where they have become hotspots for illegal dumping and are not being used regularly for the donation of clothes, as a result of the EU Waste Framework Directive, which requires each Member State to provide a segregated waste collection service; and if his Department will instruct local authorities to remove clothes pods which are not being actively used for the donation of clothes, and are instead being used for illegal dumping and have been damaged. [51612/25]
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