Funding Recycling

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd – in the Senedd at 2:06 pm on 18 September 2019.

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Photo of David Lloyd David Lloyd Plaid Cymru 2:06, 18 September 2019

Thank you for that answer. Minister, you will be aware that local authorities throughout Wales are sending much of their collected recycling to recycling centres in England and further abroad. In our own county of Swansea, for example, the council sends thousands of tonnes of waste to Turkey, China, India, Indonesia and Poland. Do you therefore agree that we need to do more to focus on this agenda? And what additional funding is the Welsh Government prepared to provide to local authorities to develop regional or national recycling centres to ensure that we recycle all that we can in Wales, reducing our carbon footprint and creating jobs for people in Wales?