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Biodegradable municipal waste (BMW) management strategy in Ireland: A comparison with some key issues in the BMW strategy being adopted in England

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  • Morrissey, Anne J.
  • Phillips, Paul S.

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Due to increasing pressure from the European Union to meet recycling and recovery targets, (e.g. the packaging waste, waste electronic equipment and landfill directives), both the Irish and England's governments’ policy on waste management is changing to meet these pressures, with major emphasis upon the management of biodegradable municipal waste (BMW). In particular, the EU landfill directive requires reductions in the rate of biodegradable waste going to landfill to 35% by 2016. The objective of this paper is to examine how Ireland plans to meet this challenge and to compare the Irish strategy to that being adopted in England. The approach in England is driven by a clear understanding that the practice in the late 1990s was unlikely to ensure compliance with EU targets by the set dates. England has therefore developed a discrete, programme (Waste Implementation Programme) to drive a new approach, based on rigorous science and international best practice, which includes a Demonstrator Programme for new technologies. The dynamic, high cost, large scale programme in England stands in sharp contrast to that for Ireland and only future, detailed analysis of outcomes will be able to evaluate the cost effectiveness of each.

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  • Morrissey, Anne J. & Phillips, Paul S., 2007. "Biodegradable municipal waste (BMW) management strategy in Ireland: A comparison with some key issues in the BMW strategy being adopted in England," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 49(4), pages 353-371.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:recore:v:49:y:2007:i:4:p:353-371
    DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2006.05.002
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    1. Závodská, A. & Benešová, L. & Smyth, B. & Morrissey, A.J., 2014. "A comparison of biodegradable municipal waste (BMW) management strategies in Ireland and the Czech Republic and the lessons learned," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 92(C), pages 136-144.
    2. Byrne, Susan & O’Regan, Bernadette, 2014. "Attitudes and actions towards recycling behaviours in the Limerick, Ireland region," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 87(C), pages 89-96.

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