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Illegal Dumpsite Survey July 2001 |
This
bulky file was presented and published in the Draft Waste Management
Plan for Limerick/ Clare/ Kerry, and another copy was delivered to the
Kerry county council. There has been no response, or comment, or
assurance that anyone is taking note and considering some action on the
matter. In
spite of many letters and articles in the local press about the
problem, these illegal dumpsites remain; unsightly, a
danger to health and the environment and evidence of an
uncaring attitude. (see
Beauty spot becoming a
dumping ground
“Fleming speaks out “) The
landfill at Muingnaminane is taking in refuse at an accelerating rate
and well above the planned rate of fill. Very soon incineration will be
the only solution to deal with so much waste. Refuse
must be separated before landfill or incineration ,so it is
important that a properly designed scheme ( like the Herhof system
Revolutionary waste treatment
process
)(or The reCulture)
is put in place to minimise waste of resources and
pollution of the environment in the long and short term.( For example ;
newspaper in a landfill produces methane at a level of 6 times the
global warming potential as Carbon dioxide produced if the newspaper
were burnt in a power station or home
heating.) There
are tremendous opportunities in the environmental business if we
sensibly plan our future out of the current situation. Waste should be
seen as a resource and recycling and waste management as
potential business and employment as much as it is a matter of
self respect and Municipal duty. The
Tralee Council has a very commendable and financially sound venture to
have it’s own wind-generators to supply it’s electricity needs. In
future they could introduce the
A
car that costs one cent a kilometer to run We
still have a chance not to be victims; at the mercy of our dependence on
polluting petroleum fuel for transport and power generation imported
from unstable regions of the world, and liable to unpredictable price
increases and increasing environmental taxes in the future; and realise
that sensible forethought now could save much grief in the tomorrow that
will come.
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July 2001, Kerry's eye
If you see an incident of illegal dumping please report the matter to the Environmental Services Section of Kerry County Council at (066) 7121111. We will promptly investigate and address the matter. P.O'Sullivan, Acting County Secretary
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On Monday the 22nd of November 1999, The Draft Waste Management Plan for Kerry, was presented to the members of Kerry county council. On the 27th of October 1999, Sliabh Luachra C.E.S. presented the Kerry County Council with a Illegal Dump Survey, done in the Sliabh Luachra area. Up to today we have not had any further reaction from the council. To our knowledge no big dump side's have been cleaned up. By contacting the council about our local illegal dumps, we can keep the pressure up. The survey shows information on: Location, grid, reference, accessibility, size, contents, impact level and visibility.
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About 80 severe illegal dumpsites were discovered in the Sliabh Luachra area. The general public opinion seems to be one of disgust. Most of these dumps are directly on the roadside, in full view, often in streams. Again most of the dumps contain dangerous items, like batteries and car parts, washing machines, containers of all sorts, in some cases carcasses. These contents mixed with household waste and farm wastes are good conditions for rats to live and breed. This dangerous environment with the health risk involved, exist right next to living areas. Numerous Newspaper articles in Local press in 1999 show the enormous concern among the public about the present state of affairs. The dumpsite Survey conducted by Castleisland C.E. Scheme, Rural Development Office in 1999 in the Sliabh Luachra area of Kerry shows an extensive problem exists.
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Proposed Solutions:
campaign of information to deter recurrence. It could be designated as a Millennium Project. The local people in my opinion cannot undertake a clean up of the countryside, as this would be a dangerous job. The fact that most of the dumps are directly on the roadside makes it too dangerous with the traffic. The second problem would be the health hazard, as the contents of most of these dumps are dangerous to handle.
Madelon greve
Litter and local Government Fund!? A programme of measures to tackle the country's litter problem. The Litter Pollution Act, 1997, provides local authorities with the powers necessary to tackle litter and requires a new and more structured approach to litter management planning. Increased funding is available to local authorities to fight the litter problem from the significant increase in funding for day to day expenditure available to them in 1999 under the Local Government Fund. Among the measures now being taken are the · establishment of an ongoing monitoring regime to assist and review local authority enforcement action and help to identify and eliminate litter black-spots; · co-funding of selected local authority public education and awareness initiatives in black-spot areas; · promotion of anti-litter awareness among young people, in co-operation with the Department of Education and Science and through a new schools information programme developed by ENFO; · provision of financial support for An Taisce's project: National Spring Clean 1999 - a multi-sectoral initiative to raise public awareness and participation in anti-litter initiatives at local level, which includes a central role for local authorities. contact:
colm_keenan@environ.irlgov.ie
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![]() Most of these dumps are directly on the roadside, in full view, often in streams. Again most of the dumps contain dangerous items, like batteries and car parts, washing machines, containers of all sorts, in some cases carcasses. These contents mixed with household waste and farm wastes are good conditions for rats to live and breed.
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The Kerryman, July5th2001 Litter
and illegal dumping near beauty spots now represent a huge threat to
Ireland’s tourism industry, Cork- Kerry Tourism’s new chairman,
Micheal Courtney, has warned. “People choose to holiday in Ireland because they believe it’s clean, green and friendly. We cannot afford to settle for two out of those three,” he added. In 2000, Cork and Kerry enjoyed a 13% increase in oversees visistors numbers (1.56m) while domestic visitors numbers rose by 5% (1.768m) The overall revenue from tourism to the region exceeded 630 million pounds.
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Summary The
Herhof System is an integrated system for the treatment of households
and commercial waste requiring neither presorting , landfill, nor mass
burn municipal incineration. The
system works from the premise the waste is a valuable commodity which
should be fully utilized. Working
from this premise one hundred percent diversion is achieved with the
waste being mechanically divided into a high quality industrial fuel for
use in, for example cement kilns of for energy production; into a
mineral fraction for use in road construction and into the other
recyclable of glass, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, batteries and if
required plastics. The
water extracted from the wet waste is cleaned
and used internally for cooking
purposes thus achieving 100 percent recycling. The system is
flexible and plants can be built economically in any size from 50,000
tones per annum upwards tailored to the needs of the client.
The plants are totally enclosed, meet the most stringent European
health and safety standards, have state of the art air treatment, do not
require a fresh water supply and produce no waste water. Flexibility Herhof
plants can be built in any size from 50,000 tonnes per annum upwards.
Even after being built they continue to be flexible against variations
in waste amounts and waste composition delivered to the plant. Due to
its modular construction a plant can be adapted very easily to the waste
stream entering the plant. Ventilation systems not in use are simply
shut off which saves energy. As long as at least 3-4% of the input is
easily biodegradable nearly every waste composition can be handled,
dried and separated. A
mass burn incineration plant has only a certain window of performance
dictated by calorific value of the material and the possible throughput.
An increase in calorific value (for instance by introducing a green
waste collection system and thereby reducing the overall tonnage
received) leads to a reduced throughput with nearly the same costs. An
incineration plant once built will produce very high fixed costs if the
waste is delivered or not. There is no flexibility in relation to
decreasing amounts of waste in the future. On
the other hand the flexibility of a Herhof plant is such that it can,
for example, even be partially turned into a composting plant to handle
the green and kitchen waste and produce compost which can be sold. This
is an option which can not be offered by an incineration system. Storage
and Use Waste
which is going to a traditional mass burn system has to be incinerated
at pretty much the same time as it is delivered. A storage of the wet,
reactive waste is not possible, so the incinerator has therefore to be
planned and constructed on the basis of peak delivery loads. Therefore
at some times of the year (e.g. holiday season) the plant does not work
at full capacity even though the fixed costs stay the same. Seasonal
variations in the composition of waste. more to
come soon.
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