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08/04/2005
NI sitting on waste time bomb – UU academic
Northern Ireland is sitting on a waste time bomb, a University of Ulster academic has claimed.
Alan Strong, a senior lecturer at the School of the Built Environment, said that unless Northern Ireland can slash the amount of waste it sends to landfill sites over the next 15 years, ratepayers could face heavy financial penalties predicted to run into millions of pounds, phased in against waste management targets for 2010, 2013 and 2020.
The waste management expert told a group of Hungarian scientists and engineers who are on a week-long fact-finding visit to Northern Ireland that almost 90% of waste in the province is dumped in landfill sites. EU directives have set a target of 35% of waste going to landfill sites by 2020.
Mr Strong said that if Northern Ireland doesn’t meet that target, local authorities could be fined by the EU - with the cost inevitably being passed onto ratepayers. “It’s a disaster waiting to happen,” he warned.
The Hungarian delegation are on the EU-funded trip to Northern Ireland to examine best practice in waste and water management and recycling.
Later this year Mr Strong will travel to Hungary to speak at an international conference on waste.
(MB)
Alan Strong, a senior lecturer at the School of the Built Environment, said that unless Northern Ireland can slash the amount of waste it sends to landfill sites over the next 15 years, ratepayers could face heavy financial penalties predicted to run into millions of pounds, phased in against waste management targets for 2010, 2013 and 2020.
The waste management expert told a group of Hungarian scientists and engineers who are on a week-long fact-finding visit to Northern Ireland that almost 90% of waste in the province is dumped in landfill sites. EU directives have set a target of 35% of waste going to landfill sites by 2020.
Mr Strong said that if Northern Ireland doesn’t meet that target, local authorities could be fined by the EU - with the cost inevitably being passed onto ratepayers. “It’s a disaster waiting to happen,” he warned.
The Hungarian delegation are on the EU-funded trip to Northern Ireland to examine best practice in waste and water management and recycling.
Later this year Mr Strong will travel to Hungary to speak at an international conference on waste.
(MB)
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