Future Irish Landfill Capacity Inadequate - Herald Newspaper Report

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By Kevin Doyle
Monday November 17 2008
Ireland country is heading for a major landfill crisis.
Within the next two years, almost a third of Ireland’s 35 landfills will be overflowing with [...]

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EU Confirms Landfill is the Last Place You Should Put Waste

Landfill officially a “last resort” option for EU
EU environment ministers have officially approved a new framework for waste management across their 27 member countries, including a five-step hierarchy for waste treatment which classes “energy-efficient waste incineration a recovery operation”. The directive also sets new recycling targets.
By 2020, EU member states must recycle 50% of [...]

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