"Working for our members to be the voice of government on waste minimization and recycling issues"
Mark McAdoo
02886 762 205
Waste Manager/Senior Technical Officer
Cookstown District Council
The Land and Resource Management Unit (LRM) is responsible for the implementation of waste management policy and the promotion of a more sustainable approach to dealing with waste in Northern Ireland.
arc21 is the umbrella waste management group for 11 councils in the east of Northern Ireland.
arc21's aim is to encourage households and businesses to 'Reduce, Re-use and Recycle' as much as possible, and deliver new waste infrastructure facilities to manage our waste efficiently and in an environmentally-friendly manner.
SWaMP2008 is a public body representing eight different Councils based in the southern region of Northern Ireland.
SWaMP2008’s overall aim is to implement sustainable waste management plan that will also contribute to the region’s economic development.
The North West Region Waste Management Group has formed the North West Waste Management Plan. The group comprises the following local authorities, in alphabetical order: Ballymoney Borough Council; Coleraine Borough Council; Derry City Council; Limavady Borough Council; Magherafelt District Council; Moyle District Council; and Strabane District Council. The Councils have formed this grouping expressly for strategic waste planning purposes.
DOE public website encouraging the public to reconsider how they think about and deal with waste in the home, at work, in education and in the community.
Practical and legal information.
Keith Patterson WRAP Recycling and Collections Adviser - Northern Ireland.
Address: The Mount Business and Conference Centre
2 Woodstock Link, Belfast, BT6 8DD
Tel: 02890 730 183
Environment Minister Alex Attwood today announced that a five pence levy on single use carrier bags will be introduced in April 2013.
This will increase to ten pence in April 2014. The Minister has lowered the levy in the first year enabling consumers to adjust to the concept. Further, there will be no charge on multi use carrier bags in April 2013 as the ten pence levy won't apply to these bags until April 2014.
This is the first time that a levy will be introduced on carrier bags in Northern Ireland.
Alex Attwood said: “There is no doubt that carrier bags are a scour...
To read Mark McAdoo's meeting reports from the above meetings held in December please login to the Members Forum and go to Liaisons
The 2010/11 NI Municipal Waste Management Statistics Annual Report published today shows that household recycling and composting rates have continued to increase, reaching just over 37% in 2010/11.
This represents an increase of almost 2 percentage points on the previous year’s rate and around 10 percentage points more than that achieved in 2006/07. It also exceeds the current Waste Management Strategy target of a 35% recycling rate to be achieved by 2010. Magherafelt District Council had the highest proportion of household waste sent for recycling (including composting) at 53%, whils...
The purpose of this code of practice is to provide practical guidance for everyone subject to the Duty of Care and replaces all previous versions applicable to Northern Ireland.
As well as setting out the general requirements of the Duty of Care, the code is split into a series of sections covering waste producers, carriers, managers, brokers/dealers and householders. Take a look at it here
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| Name of Authority | Contact Name | Job Title | Telephone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antrim Borough Council | Danielle McCormick | Environmental Education & Awareness Officer | 02894 463 113 |
| Ards Borough Council | Nigel Martin | Waste Services Manager | 02891 824 014 |
| Armagh City & District Council | Irene Kempton | Senior Waste Management Officer | 02837 529 600 |
| Ballymena Borough Council | Donna Carey | Senior Environmental Health Officer | 02825 660 391 |
| Belfast City Council | Jennifer Stephens | Policy and Compliance Officer | 02890 320 202 Ext 3439 |
| Castlereagh Borough Council | Tim Smith | Waste Management & Environment Officer | 02890 494 623 |
| Cookstown District Council | David Richardson | Recycling Officer | 02886 762 205 |
| Derry City Council | Conor Canning | Waste Services Manager | 02871 365 151 |
| Down District Council | Colette O'Rourke | Waste Management Officer | 02844 610 816 |
| Fermanagh District Council | Gerry Knox | Director of Technical Services | 02866 323 533 |
| Larne Borough Council | Philip Thompson | Director of Environmental Services | 02828 272 313 |
| Limavady Borough Council | Martin NcNicholl | Waste Services Manager | 02877 760 305 |
| Magherafelt District Council | John Murtagh | Environmental Projects Officer | 02879 397 979 |
| Moyle District Council | Janice Dunlop | Recycling Officer | 02820 762 225 ext 244 |
| Newtownabbey Borough council | Paul Kerr | Waste and Recycling Assistant | 02890 340 074 |
| North Down Borough Council | Alison Curtis | Waste Services Manager | 02891 278 080 |