Delivering resource efficiency - Northern Ireland waste management strategy

Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, 2013
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Sustainability, Environment, Development & Planning

Abstract

Sets the policy framework for the management of waste in Northern Ireland, and contains actions and targets to meet EU Directive requirements and the Department’s Programme for Government commitments. Moves the emphasis of waste management in Northern Ireland from resource management, with landfill diversion as the key driver, to resource efficiency i.e. using resources in the most effective way while minimising the impact of their use on the environment.

History

Supersedes Towards resource management - the Northern Ireland waste management strategy 2006-2020 (DOENI, 2007). Originally published by the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland (DOENI).

Subjects

  • Waste planning
  • Other planning disciplines
  • Waste management
  • Planning and development

Publisher History

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is one of nine Northern Ireland departments, which has responsibility for food, farming, environmental, fisheries, forestry and sustainability policy and the development of the rural sector in Northern Ireland. Previously known as the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland.

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