Waste Management Plan

The Waste Management Plan for County Cork envisages a single, central regional landfill to accept residual waste. National recycling targets for household wastes will be met by provision of a high number of civic amenity and bring sites, combined with a central integrated materials recovery and composting facility to segregate and recover recyclable and biodegradable household wastes. Thermal treatment will be retained as an option, should waste growth necessitate its introduction at a later date.

Progress to Date

To date, Bottlehill has been chosen as the location for the central regional landfill. Cork County Council is now at an advanced stage of the planning and licencing process for this facility. Agreement has been reached between Cork County Council and Cork City Council on the funding of the integrated recovery facility through Public Private Partnership.

Cork County Council values your comments on the Waste Management Plan, and will consider submissions when reviewing the plan. We need continual help from the public to identify areas where waste management can be improved. The Plan can be both viewed and downloaded below.

Waste Management Plan for County Cork, May 2004

To view the plan, please click on the link for each chapter. To download the plan, please right-click on link and choose 'Save targe as', you can then save the chapter on your PC for viewing.

Waste Management Plan - Summary

Chapter 1

Waste Management Plan - Chapter 1 - Preface
1.1 General Description
1.2 Demographics
1.3 Commercial, Industrial, Agricultural Activities
1.4 Transport Infrastructure
1.5 Groundwater Usage and Vulnerability
1.6 Land Use
1.7 Relevant Waste Management Legislation
1.8 Submissions to Cork County Council

Chapter 2

Present Position Regarding Waste Management
Section 1
2.1 Waste Arisings
Section 2
2.2 Waste Collection
2.3 Waste Prevention and Minimisation
Section 3
2.4 Waste Recovery
2.5 Other Waste Management Facilities
2.6 Costs of Existing Waste Management System
2.7 Waste Management Problems

Chapter 3

Anticipated Development
3.1 Prevention
3.2 Demographic Trends
3.3 Economic Trends
3.4 Waste Management Trends
3.5 Developments in Other Local Authorities

Chapter 4

Waste Management Policy
4.1 Cork County Council Waste Management Policy
4.2 Policy Options

Chapter 5

Waste Management Policy
5.1 Role of Environmental Protection Agency 
5.2 Role of Cork County Council
5.3 Role of the Private Sector
5.4 Role of the Public

Chapter 6

Hazardous Waste Management Plan 
6.1 Background to Hazardous Waste Management Planning
6.2 Aims and Objectives of the National Hazardous Waste Management Plan
6.3 Recommendations of the National Hazardous Waste Management Plan
6.4 Hazardous Waste Statistics with Reference to Cork County
6.5 Cork County Council's Waste Management Plan
6.6 Facilities for the Recovery/Disposal of hazardous Waste 

Chapter 7

Objectives & Actions
7.1 Objective - Waste Prevention
7.2 Objective - Waste Collection
7.3 Objective - Waste Recovery
7.4 Objective - Disposal of Residual Waste
7.5 Objective - Packaging Waste
7.6 Objective - Litter
7.7 Objective - Hazardous Waste Management
7.8 Objective - General Waste Management

Appendices

Appendix 1
Background Policy and Legislation

Appendix 2
List of Community and Voluntary Organisations Notified of Commencement of Preparation of Waste Management Plan

Appendix 3
List of Persons/Groups that made Submissions on Commencement of Preparation of Waste Management Plan and Proposed Waste Management Plan

Appendix 4
List of Waste Management Facilities in Cork County