Chapter 13: Water & Waste Management

Uimhir Thagarta Uathúil: 
KE-C1-375
Stádas: 
Submitted
Údar: 
Southern Region Waste Management Office

Chapter 13: Water & Waste Management

Section 13.3.1 Waste Management Infrastructure

At the end of this section, it states:

‘The Council will facilitate the sustainable provision of additional waste facilities at appropriate locations in accordance with the Waste Management Infrastructure Guidance for Siting Waste Management Facilities 2015-2021’

Suggested wording is as follows:

‘The Council will facilitate the sustainable provision of additional waste facilities at appropriate locations in accordance with the Waste Management Infrastructure Guidance for Siting Waste Management Facilities. This Guidance will be included in the upcoming National Waste Management Plan for a Circular Economy (NWMPCE), which will replace the Southern Region Waste Management Plan 2015-2021 and the regional waste management plans for the other two regions.’

 

Section 13.3.3 Circular Economy

In Section 13.3.3, the  following statement is included:

‘The Council will, therefore, support the development of a Circular Economy and the implementation of Closing the Loop – the EU Action Plan for the Circular Economy at regional level.’

We suggest that reference also be made here to the European Commission’s more recent Circular Economy Action Plan:  A New Circular Economy Action Plan for a Cleaner More Competitive Europe, launched in March 2020, which forms one of the main blocks of the European Green Deal. The New Circular Economy Action Plan builds on the aims and achievements of the first Circular Economy Action Plan Closing the Loop which was launched in 2015.

Also on a national level, Ireland’s new roadmap for national waste management planning and management is outlined in the Waste Action Plan for a Circular EconomyIreland’s National Waste Policy 2020-2025 which was published in September 2020.

Similarly, we suggest these references are also included in KCDP 13-39.

 

Section 13.3.6 Construction and Demolition Waste

Reference is made as follows:

‘The Council will have regard to the requirements of the Best Practice Guidelines on the Preparation of Waste Management Plans for Construction and Demolition Projects (DEHLG, 2006) and any updated version of the guidelines when assessing planning applications for developments which will generate significant levels of C&D waste’.

Please note that the most recently published guidelines are

Best Practice Guidelines for the Preparation of Resource Management Plans for Construction & Demolition Projects, published in 2021 by Environmental Protection Agency.