Re-Use – An NWPP Perspective Keiron Phillips - OCLR

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