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Re-Use – An NWPP Perspective
Keiron Phillips - OCLR
National Waste Prevention Programme
NWPP Launched April 2004 by Minister for the Environment Core Prevention Team in EPA NWP Committee Chaired by EPA. Members include:
IBEC/SFA HSE Enterprise Ireland ISME SEI Forfás, IDA
Solid Waste Prevention i.e. stopping the waste before it starts!
Waste Prevention 2006
No…
It’s not recycling
It’s not composting
Yes, it is…
Avoidance Elimination Reduction Reuse of materials Reduced “hazardousness” Conservation of raw materials Common sense … an old concept dressed up in new clothes!
“Waste Prevention”
Disposal
Recycling
Re-Use
Reduction
Elimination
Energy Recovery
Evolution of RE Concept
Advent of Green Business Initiative/LAPD 2 Need to address water (and energy too!) “new” Waste Framework Directive (Waste
Framework Directive (2008/98/EC) “Re-use” and “Preparation for Re-Use” Porto June 2010 (EWWR Event)
Resource Efficiency 2010 !
“Resource Efficiency”
What it is:
Elimination & Reduction Reuse of Materials or Products Repair of Products Reduced “Hazardousness” eg
Substitution (RoHS, Deco-paints, REACH)
Part of the eco-efficiency paradigm (conservation of All natural resources incl. Materials, Water & Energy)
Common sense: “Waste Not, Want Not”
What it is not (??):
It is not Recycling It is not Centralised Composting It is not Energy from Waste It is not Diversion from Landfill
Resource Efficiency
Energy Waste Packaging Raw Materials Water
Some Current Projects within NWPP
Greenbusiness.ie Green Hospitality Award LAPN Packaging Waste Prevention Project €co-cert Green Healthcare SMILE Resource Exchange Stop Food Waste/Master Composters
Community Re-Use Network
EPA part-funded 2010 and 2011 Project Officer and Establishment of Office Aims (EPA)
Promote Re-Use Projects and Activities Give Collective Voice to Members at NWPC Collectively Report Re-Use activities and outcomes Grow Network Dissemination of guidance/best practice
National Waste Prevention Programme
For More See:
www.nwpp.iewww.greenbusiness.iewww.ghaward.iewww.preventandsave.ie
