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"The European Union has been at the forefront in devising new waste management strategies in recent years. In fact, the object of the directive we are discussing here today is to reduce the adverse effects of incineration on the environment and on human health by considerably reducing the emission levels of several major pollutants into the air. This directive also seeks to control the discharge of waste into our water systems.
This report is now before us at second reading. I note that one of the recommendations from the European Council is that, if an operator of a plant incinerating non-hazardous waste intends to start incinerating hazardous waste, an integrated pollution prevention and control licence must be secured. I believe that this is a particularly sensible proposal.
It is very important that the European Union is very active in putting in place new waste management proposals. Waste in Europe has been generated at a rate of over 1kg per person per day. 2 billion tonnes of waste are being generated within the EU each year. The European Union is clear about one aspect of our waste disposal problem. The future of waste disposal does not lie in local authorities up and down the length and breadth of this country searching for new landfill sites. There is a growing concern about the environmental consequences of landfill sites in general. Nothing less than a major shift from reliance on landfill sites to more integrated waste management plans will suffice.
The European Union fully supports the strict, ambitious but attainable recycling and recovery targets that have been laid down by the Irish Government. These targets, which are to be achieved over the next fifteen years, include the following:
· A diversion of 50% of overall household waste from landfill sites.
· A minimum 65% reduction in bio-degradable waste presently consigned for landfill sites.
· The development of waste recovery facilities, employing environmentally beneficial technologies capable of treating up to 300 000 tonnes of bio-degradable waste per annum.
All these measures reflect changing public opinions on the issue of waste management. The day of landfill sites is now coming to an end and they must be replaced by more environmentally beneficial technologies. There is unanimous support for this position across all the fifteen Member States of the European Union."@en1
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