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Project Code [2001-DS/WM1-M1]
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Project title
Assessment and Development of a Waste Prevention Framework for Ireland.
Primary Funding Agency
Environmental Protection Agency
Co-Funding Organisation(s)
n/a
Lead Organisation
Clean Technology Centre (CTC)
Lead Applicant
Dermot Cunningham
Project Abstract
Prevention is the cornerstone of Irelandis current waste management policies. In the policy statement Prevention and Recycling Waste i- Delivering Change (2002) the Irish government announced the establishment of a well-resourced National Waste Prevention Programme (NWPP) to deliver substantial results on waste prevention and minimisation. As part of this programme significant financial investment and technical assistance will be necessary to achieve an overall i'win-wini situation for both industry and the environment. Furthermore initiatives in the commercial and industrial sectors are required as well as changes in personal behaviour among householders and the general public.In order to assist this plan and to develop a framework within such a programme can function as effectively and efficiently as possible it is necessary however to learn how a preventive approach has been achieved in other countries and regions. Then the lessons learned elsewhere can be applied the required instruments and initiatives adapted to an Irish context the required financial investments can be made based upon best available information and the success stories elsewhere replicated to Ireland i- moving this country towards sustainable development.The objectives of this desk study are thus as follows:1.To learn the current levels of waste prevention in Ireland today;2.To identify the current measures and instruments being applied or planned to increase waste prevention in Ireland;3.To identify the current barriers to waste prevention in Ireland today;4.To identify and analyse current preventive measures and instruments being applied in other countries and regions and5.To identify and recommend which tools and instruments could be applied in order to overcome the barriers identified and how they could be adapted to an Irish context.
Grant Approved
�50,242.00
Research Hub
Green and Circular Economy
Research Theme
Waste and Resources Management
Initial Projected Completion Date
n/a