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Re-Use – An NWPP Perspective

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

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Re-Use – An NWPP Perspective

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  1. Re-Use – An NWPP Perspective Keiron Phillips - OCLR

  2. 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!

  3. 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 2006 Elimination Reduction “Waste Prevention” Re-Use Recycling EnergyRecovery Disposal

  4. 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)

  5. 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 notRecycling It is notCentralised Composting It is notEnergy from Waste It is not Diversion from Landfill Resource Efficiency 2010 ! “Resource Efficiency”

  6. Resource Efficiency • Energy • Waste • Packaging • Raw Materials • Water

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. National Waste Prevention Programme For More See: www.nwpp.ie www.greenbusiness.ie www.ghaward.ie www.preventandsave.ie

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