Ireland on the road to compliance

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Ireland on the road to compliance ?

• Bernadette Guinan, Associate
• BSc, MSc, MCIWM
• Gifford FT
• Engineering Environmental Consultants,
• Ireland UK

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Content Overview

• Compliance targets
• Background
• Waste policy
• Waste management planning
• Ownership
• Finance

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Compliance Targets

• Landfill Directive
• 25 by 2010
• 50 by 2013
• 65 by 2016
• Changing Our Ways (2013)
• 50 diversion of household waste from landfill
• 35 recycling of MSW
• biological waste treatment capacity of 320,000
  tpa
• landfill rationalisation 20 state of the art
  facilities

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Waste Quantities
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Population 1961 - 2020
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Growth Rates

• 8 population increase between1996 to 2002
• Fastest growing economy in Europe
• GDP growth prediction between 3 to 5 for next 10
  yrs
• Household waste arisings 433 Kg per capita
• Challenge
• Decouple waste arisings from population
  increases GDP growth

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Recycling Recovery
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Waste Collection

• 4060 urbanrural
• Average household collection coverage 77
• Range 45 to 98
• Household waste collection
• Cities Local Authority collection
• All other areas are private collection
• Commercial Industrial all private waste
  collection
• Private waste collection market
• Significant consolidation
• Collectors with regional dominance
• Very competitive

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Key Waste Policy Initiatives

• National Biowaste Strategy
• Mandatory 3 bin collection
• 330,000 tonnes capacity - 2016
• BMW fraction of rMSW
• Thermal treatment
• Mechanical Biological Treatment
• PayBy-Use
• Economic Incentives
• Landfill levy 15/tonne ( 10.50/tonne)
• Proposed Critical Infrastructure Bill

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Waste Management Planning
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Waste Management Planning
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Residual Waste Management Policy

• 1st Thermal Treatment
• 2nd MBT Thermal Treatment
• 3rd - MBT Landfill
• 4th - Landfill not an option

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WMP Implementation
Thermal Merchant Plant
600,000t Thermal 2 x 45,000t Bio plants
Stalled MBT PPP. Thermal Merchant Plant
150,000 tpa thermal, 30,000 Dry MRF, 16,000 Bio
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Waste Ownership

• MSW arisings 2.8 M tpa
• Household - 1.5 M tpa
• C I 1.2 M tpa
• Only 17 MSW collect by or on behalf Local
  Authorities
• 32 household waste arisings
• Dry recyclables Biowaste Goods
• rMSW Who owns it?

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Finance

• DoEHLG preferred approach is PPP
• Requires a Put or Pay commitment
• Can Local Authorities underwrite this commitment?
• Do LAs have the power to Direct Waste

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Finance

• Merchant facilities
• Achieving economies of scale
• Competition from declining gate fee
• 2005 - 175/t avg 105
• 2006 - 175/t avg 70 - 45

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Lessons Learned

• European Perspective
• Municipalities retained control of waste
• Long established history of thermal treatment

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The Way Forward

• Local Authority lead
• Directly
• Proven Powers to Direct Waste
• Indirectly
• Enforcement of existing legislation

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Contact Details

• bernie.guinan_at_ftco.ie
• www.fehilytimoney.ie
• Stand T65 Torbay Park