COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF ENVIRONMENT SPC
Monday, January 25, 2010
HEADED ITEM NO.
HEADED ITEM: E. Services
7. Dublin Waste Managment Plan
REPLY:
Dublin Waste Management Plan.
In compliance with Section 22 of the Waste Management Act 1996 each local authority, or a group of authorities operating as a region, is obliged to make a waste plan which addresses the issues of waste prevention, minimisation, collection, recovery and disposal of non-hazardous waste within its functional area. The four Dublin Local Authorities, acting as the Dublin region, prepared the Waste Management Plan for the Dublin Region 2005 – 2010 which was published in November 2005. As each plan must be reviewed at least once in every five years the Waste Management Plan for the Dublin Region will be reviewed by November 2010 and either varied or replaced at that time as the region deems necessary from the review process. The Act obliges each authority or region to report on an annual basis in relation to waste management data and statistics for the area or region. Set out below is the executive summary extracted from the Annual Progress Report 2009 on the Waste Management Plan for the Dublin Region 2005 – 2010. The full Annual Progress Report 2009 can be viewed through the link below.
The Dublin Local Authorities (Dublin City Council, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, Fingal County Council, and South Dublin County Council) are responsible for producing on an annual basis an update of waste management data and statistics for the Region.
This is the third Annual Progress Report since the publication of the Dublin Regional Waste Plan in November 2005 and provides the most accurate assessment of waste management for the Region.
Waste Prevention
The Dublin Local Authorities continue to invest staff and financial resources in waste prevention and awareness activities in the region.
- The number of schools awarded green flags was 252 at the end of 2008, representing a 46% increase on the number recorded at the end of 2007.
- Home composting in the region continues to increase with an estimated 8,957 tonnes of material produced in 2008 (3% increase since 2007).
- The quantity of household waste generated per capita has decreased to 0.4 tonnes per capita.
Waste Reuse
The Dublin Local Authorities continue to fund and implement reuse based projects and services in the region.
The online reuse service, FREE Trade, is funded and managed by the Authorities and continues to deliver real results with over 9,500 items reused in 2009.
Household Waste
Household waste arisings in Dublin increased by 1% in 2008.
- The recycling rate for household waste increased to 35% in 2008
- Over 20,000 tonnes of source separated organic waste was collected though the brown bin collection system.
- Over 82,000 tonnes of dry recyclables were collected through the green bin collection system
- The region has 11 active recycling centres and over 32,000 tonnes of material was collected at these locations.
- There are 301 bring banks in the region with over 31,000 tonnes of material collected at these locations.
- It is estimated that over 170,000 brown bins have been rolled out (Dec 2009); over 108,000 in Dublin City Council and over 60,000 in Fingal County Council.
Commercial Waste
Commercial Waste arising have decreased by an estimated 5% in 2008.
- The recovery rate for commercial waste was calculated to be 46% in 2008.
Municipal Waste
Municipal Waste arisings have decreased by 3.5% in 2008.
- The recovery rate for municipal waste has remained constant at 41% in the region.
Biodegradable Municipal Waste (BMW)
The quantity of BMW landfilled at facilities in the region amounted to 250,356 tonnes.
- The total amount of BMW available in the region in 2008 was estimated to be 865,000 tonnes.
Packaging Waste
The recovery rate of packaging waste increased to 54% in the region.
- Packaging waste increased by 7.7% to an estimated 310,333 tonnes.
Construction and Demolition Waste
Construction and Demolition Waste Arisings decreased by 7.4% to an estimated 6.5 million tonnes.
- The recovery rate for soil and stones was recorded at 75%.
WEEE
Over 29,000 tonnes of WEEE was collected in 2008.
- 11kg of household WEEE was collected per capita.
End of Life Vehicles (ELVs)
There are 13 Authorised Treatment Facilities operating in the Dublin Region.
- Over 14,400 tonnes of ELVs were collected in the region in 2008, representing a 3% increase on 2007.
Waste Tyres
The quantity of waste tyres reported for 2008 was 7,222 tonnes.