Consultation Calls

Title: Consultation on Section 60 Policy Direction on a proposed cap to incineration capacity as a proportion of municipal waste arisings (MSW) and other matters.
Location: Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
Deadline: 17th July, 2009

Consultation on Section 60 Policy Direction on a proposed cap to incineration capacity as a proportion of municipal waste arisings (MSW) and other matters.

The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government recently arranged for environmental consultants to prepare an Environmental Report, according to Strategic Environmental Assessment requirements, to inform the policy making process for waste management in respect of a proposed Section 60 policy direction to achieve the following objectives:

• to ensure that incineration capacity does not reach a level such that waste is drawn to incineration which could have been dealt with by prevention, reuse, recycling, composting/anaerobic digestion of source segregated biowaste, MBT or other methods higher up the waste hierarchy
• to ensure that the waste hierarchy is complied with in that local authorities, as waste management authorities, do not direct holders of waste to deliver it to lower elements in the waste hierarchy, thereby preventing them acting in support of waste management options at the bottom of the hierarchy;
• to ensure that the waste hierarchy is complied with in that local authorities, as waste management authorities, could direct holders of waste to deliver it to higher elements in the waste hierarchy, thereby encouraging them to act in support of waste management options at the top of the hierarchy;
• to minimise the air pollution arising from trucks accessing waste facilities in built-up areas;
• to ensure appropriate monitoring of air pollution in the vicinity of major waste facilities;
• to reduce air soil and water pollution from incineration and comply with the Stockholm Convention

In advance of finalising the Strategic Environmental Assessment comments on the report’s recommendations are invited from relevant stakeholders and any other interested parties.

Section 60 Policy Direction Capping Incineration of Municipal Waste and Other Matters - Consultation Document  (doc, 20,579kb)

Comments should be submitted by email or by post to the address below and before Friday 17 July 2009.