Chapter 9
Environmental Infrastructure
Issues / Recommendations / Observations
Sub. No.
Chief Executive’s Response & Recommendation
Waste Management
The Southern Region Waste Management Plan Office (SRWMPO) welcomes that the role of the Circular Economy, as well as the need for waste prevention and effective waste management are all acknowledged in a number of Chapters of the draft plan. However there is also potential to include direct reference to the Circular Economy in certain other sections of the Development Plan. These issues will be dealt with separately under Chapters 1 Introduction, 7 Economy and Employment, with development standards referenced under Chapter 11 Placemaking and Managing Development. The upcoming National Waste Management Plan for a Circular Economy (NWMPCE), which is likely to be made in early 2022, will replace the Southern Region Waste Management Plan 2015-2021 and the regional waste management plans for the other two regions. The NWMPCE will include the new guidance document Waste Management Infrastructure – Guidance for Siting Waste Management Facilities, the scope of which includes broad siting criteria and facility specific guidance for consideration when siting a waste facility. We recommend that reference to this new guidance document be made within Chapter 9 Environmental Infrastructure, in particular within the section relating to Waste Management.
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Paragraphs 9.15 and 9.16 and Objective 9.11 of the Draft Plan will be updated to include reference to the upcoming National Waste Management Plan for a Circular Economy (NWMPCE), which is likely to be made in early 2022 to replace the Southern Region Waste Management Plan 2015-2021 and the new guidance document contained within it: Waste Management Infrastructure – Guidance for Siting Waste Management Facilities, the scope of which includes broad siting criteria and facility specific guidance for consideration when siting a waste facility. Recommendation: Amend paragraphs 9.15 and 9.16 and Objective 9.11 as follows: 9.15 The government’s Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy - Ireland’s National Waste Policy 2020- 202518, endorses this approach and aims to shift the focus of waste management away from waste disposal and treatment to ensure that materials and products remain in productive use for longer. This is aimed at preventing waste and supporting reuse through a policy framework that discourages the wasting of resources and rewards circularity. In time it is aimed to replace the existing Regional Waste Management Plans with a National Waste Management Plan for a Circular Economy containing targets for: Reuse, Repair, Resource consumption and Reducing contamination levels. The upcoming National Waste Management Plan for a Circular Economy (NWMPCE), will replace the existing Regional Waste Management Plans. The NWMPCE will also include the new guidance document Waste Management Infrastructure – Guidance for Siting Waste Management Facilities, the scope of which includes broad siting criteria and facility specific guidance for consideration when siting a
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