WASTE & ENERGY JOINT WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR ARMAGH CITY, BANBRIDGE AND CRAIGAVON BOROUGH COUNCIL; FERMANAGH AND OMAGH DISTRICT COUNCIL; AND MID ULSTER DISTRICT COUNCIL Version 02 – July 2016 JOINT WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council, Fermanagh and Omagh District Council and Mid Ulster District Council Version 02 July 2016 TITLE WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN PROJECT WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN ARMAGH CITY, BANBRIDGE AND CRAIGAVON BOROUGH CLIENT COUNCIL; FERMANAGH AND OMAGH DISTRICT COUNCIL AND MID ULSTER DISTRICT COUNCIL DATE JULY 2016 STATUS FINAL VERSION 02 DOCUMENT CONTROL REVISION DESCRIPTION STATUS DATE BY CHECKED APPROVED SB, AT, 01 SECOND DRAFT FINAL 25/02/2016 AB AB AB 02 COMMENTS RECEIVED BY DAERA FINAL 20/07/2016 SB AT AT i JOINT WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council, Fermanagh and Omagh District Council and Mid Ulster District Council Version 02 July 2016 Contents 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Background .......................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Aims and Objectives ............................................................................................................ 2 2 General Description of the Joint Councils .............................................................................. 3 2.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 3 2.2 Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council .................................................. 3 2.3 Fermanagh and Omagh District Council ............................................................................. 3 2.4 Mid Ulster District Council ................................................................................................... 4 3 Policy and Legislation ............................................................................................................... 6 3.1 Current EU Waste Policy and Legislation ........................................................................... 7 3.2 EU Thematic Strategies ..................................................................................................... 16 3.3 National and Local Policy and Legislative Context ............................................................ 17 3.4 Waste Management Policy ................................................................................................ 18 3.5 Waste Management Legislation ........................................................................................ 21 3.6 Planning Policy .................................................................................................................. 32 4 Approaches to the Management of Waste ............................................................................ 34 4.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 34 4.2 Waste Prevention .............................................................................................................. 35 4.3 Reuse and Preparing for Reuse ........................................................................................ 36 4.4 Recycling ........................................................................................................................... 37 4.5 Composting ........................................................................................................................ 39 4.6 Anaerobic Digestion .......................................................................................................... 40 4.7 Mechanical Biological Treatment ....................................................................................... 40 4.8 Thermal Treatment - Energy from Waste .......................................................................... 40 4.9 Landfill ............................................................................................................................... 42 5 Local Authority Collected Municipal Waste (LACMW) ........................................................ 43 5.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 43 5.2 Targets ............................................................................................................................... 44 5.3 Waste Quantities and Composition ................................................................................... 46 5.4 Current Arrangements for the Management of LACMW ................................................... 51 5.5 Proposed Arrangements for the Management of LACMW ................................................ 58 5.6 Measures and Actions ....................................................................................................... 67 6 Commercial and Industrial Waste .......................................................................................... 68 6.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 68 6.2 Management and Control .................................................................................................. 68 6.3 Waste Quantities and Composition ................................................................................... 69 6.4 Current Arrangements for the Management of C&I Wastes ............................................. 71 6.5 Proposed Arrangements for the Management of C&I Wastes .......................................... 72 6.6 Measure and Actions ......................................................................................................... 73 i JOINT WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council, Fermanagh and Omagh District Council and Mid Ulster District Council Version 02 July 2016 7 Packaging Waste ..................................................................................................................... 74 7.1 Management and Control .................................................................................................. 75 7.2 Waste Quantities and Composition ................................................................................... 77 7.3 Current Arrangements for the Management of Packaging Waste .................................... 79 7.4 Proposed Arrangements for the Management of Packaging Waste ................................. 84 7.5 Measures and Actions ....................................................................................................... 84 8 Hazardous Waste ..................................................................................................................... 90 8.1 Management and Control of Hazardous Waste ................................................................ 92 8.2 Hazardous Waste Quantities and Composition ................................................................. 93 8.3 Treatment of Hazardous Waste ......................................................................................... 96 8.4 Hazardous Waste Management Options .......................................................................... 99 8.5 Measures and Actions ..................................................................................................... 102 9 Construction, Demolition and Excavation .......................................................................... 104 9.1 Management and Control of Construction, Demolition and Excavation waste ............... 105 9.2 Waste Quantities and Composition ................................................................................. 106 9.3 Current Arrangements for Commercial, Demolition and Excavation Waste ................... 109 9.4 Measures and Actions ..................................................................................................... 111 9.5 Mining and Quarrying Waste ........................................................................................... 113 10 Agricultural Waste ................................................................................................................. 116 10.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 116 10.2 Definitions .................................................................................................................... 116 10.3 Management and Control ............................................................................................ 118 10.4 Tyres ............................................................................................................................ 121 10.5 Farm Plastics ............................................................................................................... 122 10.6 Poultry Litter ................................................................................................................. 122 10.7 Waste Quantities and Composition ............................................................................. 125 10.8 Proposed Arrangements for the Management of Agricultural Waste .......................... 126 11 Priority and Other Waste Streams ......................................................................................