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The Development of a Waste Management Policy in Northern Ireland
Author(s) -
WILCOCK D. N.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
water and environment journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1747-6593
pISSN - 1747-6585
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-6593.1994.tb01148.x
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , business , extended producer responsibility , environmental planning , politics , process (computing) , order (exchange) , environmental policy , waste management , waste disposal , environmental resource management , engineering , environmental science , political science , finance , law , philosophy , linguistics , computer science , operating system
With one or two isolated exceptions, waste management in Northern Ireland is not practised as a sequential process of waste avoidance, recycling and disposal by the best practical option. In order to update waste management practice in the province, the Government proposes to implement most of the waste management provisions contained in the Environmental Policy Act, 1990. Waste regulation will be made the responsibility of central government, while waste disposal and recycling will be the responsibility of central government, while waste disposal and recycling will be the responsibility of local authorities. The policy will have to be implemented within a set of distinctive social, political, geographical and economic factors which raise a number of questions as to the best way forward.