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EPA report shows Ireland meets its EU targets, with no help from Ringaskiddy Incinerator

February 8, 2018 by CHASE

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The EPA report on Progress to EU Targets published in December 2017 shows that Ireland has already met or is on target to meet it’s EU Waste Framework Directive and Landfill Directive targets.

The report, which details progress made on EU Directives including Waste Framework, Packaging, End of Life Vehicles, Batteries, Landfill, Waste Electrical and Electronic equipment (WEEE) Directives, shows Ireland has met all it’s targets to date and is on target to meet all future targets, with the exception of two End of Life Vehicles Directive targets missed for January 2015.

Any case presented by Indaver to An Bord Pleanala regarding ‘need’ for the proposed incinerator on the basis of compliance with Waste Framework Directives should be struck out at this stage, as this report shows Ireland does not need further incinerator capacity in order to meet it’s EU obligations.

CHASE Chairperson Mary O’Leary said “CHASE has been saying for 17 years that we can meet our EU obligations without any Ringaskiddy Incinerator and this EPA report shows this is true. We do not want to see the construction of a white elephant in the middle of Cork Harbour that will hamper further progress towards even more ambitious targets that are in line with EU moves towards circular economies.”

The European Commission issued warnings on incinerator overcapacity in January 2017 with recommendations to phase out public money from incinerators, to introduce a moratorium on new facilities and to introduce or increase incineration taxes as part of a commitment to move efficiently towards a closed-loop, sustainable circular economy.

These warnings were echoed in the UK earlier this year as the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) UK, Prof Ian Boyd warned against further investment in energy-from-waste capacity in the UK on the basis that it would harm innovation. ()

A decision on the Ringaskiddy incinerator has been due since July 2016. Bord Pleanala website currently states a decision is due on 28 February.

LINKS

EPA Progress Report: http://www.epa.ie/nationalwastestatistics/targets/
EU Commission Report 2017: http://chasecorkharbour.com/death-knell-for-incinerator-industry-as-commission-recommends-moratorium-on-new-facilities/
UK Parliament session: http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/9c6b4590-5882-4464-a945-29783d4af339

Filed Under: Circulation, News, Press Releases

Oral Hearing 2016 headlines

  • Serious dioxin figure irregularities exposed as Hearing comes to close
  • No measuring of nanoparticles – not practical, Indaver tell hearing
  • Indaver facility will carry strategic implications for the State – Indaver offer to shut down for Department when needed
  • Indaver to abandon fire fighting after just 2 hours
  • Final Submissions today, questions next week
  • Indaver selective quotation omits that incinerators likely to cause premature deaths
  • 13 year old Cobh student calls for baseline health study for Harbour
  • “There is no risk assessment” – says top Epidemiologist Anthony Staines
  • No safe level of exposure to tiny particulates, says toxico pathologist
  • Royal flush as all TD’s unite to protect the new era for Cork Harbour
  • Ringaskiddy incinerator live plume plot launched
  • Statement from Department of Defence
  • Human Health needs the same standard as protected species: CHASE Opening Statement
  • Indaver experts confirm: High Tide is now inside the site boundary. No separate Health Impact Assessment
  • Packed hearing opens at Carrigaline Court Hotel
  • Full CHASE Submission to An Bord Pleanala

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