Dr Jonathan Derham, EPA - Resource Efficiency and Waste: The Challenge for Ireland

1. RESOURCE EFFICIENCY & WASTE:
THE CHALLENGE FOR IRELAND
Dr Jonathan Derham SOE Conference
Resource Use Unit
Environmental Protection Agency
27-6-2012, Dublin

2. National Waste Indicators
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3. Progress to EU targets
 Packaging Directive
 WEEE Directive
 End of Life Vehicles
 Landfill Directive
 Batteries Directive
 Waste Framework Directive
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4. Household Waste Generation
European Ireland
Average Average
per person per person
444 kg 368 kg
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5. Municipal Waste Management
100% 4%
20.0%
90%
80% 38% Incineration/
70% Use as a Fuel
42.0%
60%
Recycled
50%
40%
58%
30%
38.0%
Landfilled
20%
10%
0%
IRELAND EU 27 (EuroStat)
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6. Principal Sources of Waste in Ireland
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7. Economic Performance & Waste Generation
2,000,000 190,000
GNP per capita (M€ at constant market prices)
1,800,000 180,000
1,600,000 170,000
1,400,000 160,000
1,200,000 150,000
t
1,000,000 140,000
Household Waste
800,000 130,000 Managed
Commercial Waste
600,000 120,000 Managed
Hazardous Waste
400,000 110,000
Generated
200,000 100,000
C+D Recovered &
Disposed (÷10)
0 90,000 GNP (€ million)
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 SOE 2012
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8. Waste Generation Trends
160
150
140
Index 2002 = 100
130
120
110
100
90
80
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Population Household Waste Personal Consumption
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9. Recovery Trends
900,000 180,000
800,000 170,000
160,000
GNP per capita (€ at constant market prices)
700,000
150,000 Household Waste
600,000
Recovered
140,000
Tonnage
500,000 Commercial Waste
130,000 Recovered
400,000
120,000 GNP (€ million)
300,000
110,000
200,000 100,000
100,000 90,000
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 SOE 2012
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Year

10. Infrastructure & Collection
 No Merchant Hazardous Waste Incineration
 No Hazardous Waste Landfill
 Landfill Capacity 12 years at current rates
 15 of current 28 MSW landfills will close in 3 years
 Merchant WtE capacity of 543,000tpa
 Biological Treatment 550,000 tpa
 One Civic Amenity Site per 43,000 population (107)
 1,922 bring banks
 Cannot account for waste from over ¼ Million homes
 Only 1 on 3 houses on a collection scheme have a 3rd bin
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11. Sustainable Consumption & Production

- Disposed
3t
6t - Wasted
16t - Raw Materials
Consumed
Per Person in EU 27
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12. Responses .1
 LandfillLevy
 Municipal Waste Pre-treatment
obligations
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13. Policy Driving Behavioural Change –
Landfill Levy & Diversion of BMW
tonnes €
2,500,000 35
30 EPA MSW Pre-
2,000,000 treatment
25 Obligations &
1,500,000
Food Waste
20 Regulations
15
1,000,000
10 MSW Disposed to
500,000 Landfill
5 BMW Disposed to
Landfill
EU BMW Limit 2010
0 0
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 EU BMW Limit 2013
Year EU BMW Limit 2016
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14. Responses .1
 Landfill Levy
 Municipal Waste Pre-treatment
obligations
 Compulsory commercial food waste bin
 Producer Responsibility Schemes
 Greater recovery of energy from non-
recyclable residual waste
 Private Sector infrastructure delivery
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15. Responses .2
 Development of National Waste Prevention
Programme www.nwpp.ie
 Promotion of Resource Efficient
consumption & production behaviours
www.epaBeGreen.ie
 Waste is being considered a resource
 By-Product & End-of-Waste status
 Implementation & Enforcement
 Environment Fund
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16. Outlook .1
 Need to tackle Food Waste issue
 Need for strong and sustained action to drive the
ambitions of the waste hierarchy
 Continuation of the national Resource Efficiency,
Waste Prevention & Cleaner Production
Programmes (NWPP, SEAI, EI) – more
integration, and targeted intervention)
 Need for sustained societal action on
unsustainable production & consumption
behaviours
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17. Outlook .2
Producer Responsibility & Waste Prevention
 Manufacturers & Service providers to accept greater
range of producer responsibilities
 Life-cycle Thinking/Assessment
 Product / Service Eco-Design
 Resource Efficiency
 Clean Technology
 Reduction/elimination of hazardous substances in
products
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18. Thank you !
Jonathan Derham
 j.derham@epa.ie
 053 9160670
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