INDAVER IRELAND PROPOSED WASTE MANGEMENT FACILITY AT RINGASKIDDY
Who is Indaver (Ireland)? • Flemish company (Belgium) established in 1985 • Specialises in management of hazardous and non-hazardous waste • Flemish government had > 50% shareholding • Presence in 10 countries in Europe - Belgium, Netherlands, Central and Eastern Europe, Ireland, UK • Employs > 700 people • Turnover 2007 = € 225 million • In 2006, Delta NV purchased majority shareholding • In 1999, Indaver purchased Minchem • Identify commercial opportunites within Irish waste management • Started looking for site in Cork for national hazardous waste incinerator • Incinerator (Meath); solvent blending plant (Dublin); solvent waste marine terminal (Dublin) • Taken over Ecotrans, Cara and Safety Kleen (bulk liquid hazardous business) and Cedar Integrated Waste Management
Comparison between planning applications 2001 1 No. hazardous + non-hazardous waste incinerator of 45 MW capacity (approx. 100,000 tonnes/y) 1 No. Non-hazardous waste incinerator for industrial, commercial and household waste of 45 MW capacity (approx. 100,000 tonnes/y) Shared building Separate emissions treatment Shared stack Export 14 MW electricity to national grid 1 No. transfer station primarily for hazardous waste 1 No. community recycling park
Indaver’s history at Ringaskiddy • November 2001: Planning application to Cork County Council for 1 incinerator • April 2003: Waste Licence application to Environmental Protection Agency for 2 incinerators • May 2003: Planning permission refused by Cork County Council • June 2003: Indaver appeal to An Bord Pleanála • September 2003: An Bord Pleanála Oral Hearing • January 2004: An Bord Pleanála Inspector made recommendation of refusal • January 2004: An Bord Pleanála granted planning permission for 1 incinerator • February 2005: Environmental Protection Agency Oral Hearing • November 2005: Environmental Protection Agency granted Waste Licence for 2 incinerators • (Strategic Infrastructure Act passed) • December 2008: Planning application to An Bord Pleanála for 2 incinerators • January 2009: Previous planning permission for 1 incinerator lapsed
Comparison between 2001 and 2008 plans 2008 2001 1 No. hazardous + non-hazardous waste 1 No. hazardous + non-hazardous waste incinerator of 50 MW capacity (80,000 - incinerator of 45 MW capacity (approx. 100,000 tonnes/y) 100,000 tonnes/y) 1 No. Non-hazardous waste incinerator 1 No. Non-hazardous waste incinerator for industrial, commercial and household for industrial, commercial and household waste of 50 MW capacity (120,000 - waste of 45 MW capacity (approx. 140,000 tonnes/y) 100,000 tonnes/y) Shared building Shared building Separate emissions treatment Shared emissions treatment Shared stack Shared stack Export 22 MW electricity to national grid Export 18 MW electricity to national grid 1 No. hazardous and non-hazardous 1 No. hazardous waste transfer station industrial waste transfer station 1 No. community recycling park
What does Indaver need to operate? 1. Planning permission from An Bord Pleanála (approval that the proposal is in accordance with the proper planning and sustainable development of the area; EIS required to include health impact asessment) 2. Waste Licence from Environmental Protection Agency (approval that the proposal is the best technology available for the purpose and can operate with minimum impact on the environment) 3. Approval from Health and Safety Authority (approval that the proposal will not cause major accident hazard)
Why did An Bord Pleanála Inspector recommend refusal? EIS was inadequate.
Why did An Bord Pleanála Inspector recommend refusal? Waste prevention is a far higher priority which has not yet been achieved.
Why did An Bord Pleanála Inspector recommend refusal? Hazardous landfill is needed to export the hazardous ash resulting from incineration and without it, the aim of self-sufficiency is lost.
Why did An Bord Pleanála Inspector recommend refusal? Not in accordance with local waste policy.
Why did An Bord Pleanála Inspector recommend refusal? Contract incineration was a material contravention of the County Development Plan.
Why did An Bord Pleanála Inspector recommend refusal? Material contravention of County Development Plan zoning for site.
Why did An Bord Pleanála Inspector recommend refusal? Material contravention of County Development Plan in not reserving site for port use.
Why did An Bord Pleanála Inspector recommend refusal? Bulk, scale, height, design and location of proposed development would be visually obtrusive and seriously injurious to the visual amenities of the area.
Why did An Bord Pleanála Inspector recommend refusal? Site is being eroded, it floods, it is too steep and its geology and hydrogeology are unsuitable.
Why did An Bord Pleanála Inspector recommend refusal? Proposed development too close to Ringaskiddy village and would depreciate value of residential property.
Why did An Bord Pleanála Inspector recommend refusal? Site at end of peninsula with single road access and no rail access on southern coast of State. Would lead to excessive road transport compromising public safety and amenity.
Why did An Bord Pleanála Inspector recommend refusal? Local road infrastructure inadequate compromising public safety.
Why did An Bord Pleanála Inspector recommend refusal? Premature because local road infrastructure inadequate.
Why did An Bord Pleanála Inspector recommend refusal? Would cause significant risk to public safety if major accident took place.
What has happened between 2001 - 2008? Are these concerns still valid?
Waste prevention is a far higher priority which has not yet been achieved. Municipal waste generated/person in Ireland 0.9 0.85 0.8 0.75 0.7 0.65 0.6 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Waste prevention is a far higher priority which has not yet been achieved. Municipal waste generated/person in Ireland 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.1 1 0.9 2006 generation 0.8 0.7 0.6 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007- 2011- 2016- 2021- 2010 2015 2020 2025 |----- Indaver predictions ----|
Hazardous landfill is needed to export the hazardous ash resulting from incineration and without it, the aim of self-sufficiency is lost. • Still no hazardous waste landfill in Ireland. • 48% of hazardous waste in Ireland is exported. • More than half of exported waste is recovered. 48% Recovery Disposal 52% Total exports = 134,904 tonnes/year (48% of total hazardous waste produced)
Hazardous landfill is needed to export the hazardous ash resulting from incineration and without it, the aim of self-sufficiency is lost. • Still no hazardous waste landfill in Ireland. • 48% of hazardous waste in Ireland is exported. • More than half of exported waste is recovered. • Incineration produces ash, 12,500 - 23,500 tonnes/year of which is hazardous. 13% Recovery Incineration 52% Other (mostly landfill) 35% Total exports = 134,904 tonnes/year (48% of total hazardous waste produced)
Hazardous landfill is needed to export the hazardous ash resulting from incineration and without it, the aim of self-sufficiency is lost. • Still no hazardous waste landfill in Ireland. • 48% of hazardous waste in Ireland is exported. • More than half of exported waste is recovered. • Incineration produces ash, 12,500 - 23,500 tonnes/year of which is hazardous. • Exports for disposal would drop only by 7%. 37% Recovery Other (mostly landfill) 63% Total exports = 110,696 tonnes/year (39% of total hazardous waste produced)
Not in accordance with local waste policy. Cork County Waste Management Plan 2004 - 2009 Hazardous waste • “The actions … reflect the waste management hierarchy, putting the emphasis on waste prevention and minimisation, with specific waste streams examined in detail .” Non-hazardous waste • “Cork County Council will endeavour to reduce the quantity of waste for final disposal. This will be done in the first instance by making every effort to prevent and minimise waste arisings and secondly by recovering as much waste as possible .” • “Cork County Council will endeavour to provide for treatment for waste arisings prior to the final disposal of the unrecoverable residue. The first major step towards this goal will come with the Materials Recovery Facility, where all recoverable municipal waste will be separated out for recovery, with the residue being landfilled .” “Cork County Council will provide a new engineered landfill to serve the Cork region …” • • “Cork County Council will examine on an annual basis, the results of the on-going studies being carried out into the possibility of employing thermal waste-to-energy treatment for the treatment of residual waste.” “The Government’s policy suggests that the targets set out in the EU Landfill Directive may • be difficult to attain without the use of some form of thermal treatment.” “In this regard, Cork County Council, in mid -2006, will re-examine the progress made on • recovery rates .”
Not in accordance with local waste policy. Bottlehill landfill: 33,500 Ash from Indaver tonnes industrial waste incinerators: 45,092 tonnes (max. permitted/year) (Anticipated non- hazardous ash/year)
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