Northern Ireland - Membership 17 authorities

Executive Representative

Northern Ireland

Mark McAdoo
02886 762 205
Waste Manager/Senior Technical Officer
Cookstown District Council

Key Organisations

Northern Ireland Environment Agency

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


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

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.

North West Region Waste Management Group

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.

Rethink Waste

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.

Northern Ireland News

Latest NI Municipal Waste Management Statistics (Jan-Mar 2010)

Latest NI Municipal Waste Management Statistics (Jan-Mar 2010)

The report updates several key performance indicators with provisional figures for Jan - Mar 2010 and can be downloaded And appendix...

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Poots at High profile internationa conference and trade fair

Poots at High profile internationa conference and trade fair

Environment Minister Edwin Poots today outlined his aspirations for a zero waste society at a major conference in London today.The Minister gave a keynote address on the first day of the 'Futuresource 2010 Conference', which brings together the sustainable waste management, recycling and resource efficiency sector and its major client base under one roof. With some 300 exhibitors, a full conference programme and an expected 9,000 attendees from across the UK and Europe, it provides the ideal platform for public, private and third sector professionals to come together to debate and help shape t...

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Northern Ireland Municipal Waste Management Statistics - published 15.04.10

Northern Ireland Municipal Waste Management Statistics - published 15.04.10

The latest edition of the Northern Ireland Municipal Waste Management Statistics, containing statistics for October to December 2009, is now available.The report contains summary information on nine key measurements on municipal waste collection in Northern Ireland. The quarterly figures are based on provisional data and may change when a final validation is conducted at the end of the year. The key points for the quarter October to December 2009 are:Municipal Waste    * A total of 234,683 tonnes of municipal waste were collected in Northern Ireland, with 88% household waste and...

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Northern Ireland Events

13-14 Oct Resource Ireland 2010
Exhibition Seminar, Dublin
3-4 Nov The 2010 LARAC Conference
Liverpool

Members

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 Maria McAleer Policy and Compliance Officer 02890 320 202
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 Lisa Mayne Recycling Officer 02890 340 077
North Down Borough Council Peter McCoy Operations Manager 02891 270 302
Omagh District Council Anthea Owens Environmental Education/Recycling Officer 02882 256 200