Environmental Services

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Environmental Services

• Community Representatives
• Information Evening
• 23rd May 2006
• INTRODUCTION
• Michael Cremin, Senior Executive Officer

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Environment Directorate, Co. Hall/North Cork
Directorate

• a) Role of Environment Directorate, Co. Hall.
• The Environment Department is responsible for
  monitoring, analysing and reporting on the
  quality of air, water, waste and wastewater in
  County Cork in accordance with EU and national
  legislation, and either enforcing or making
  recommendations in respect of corrective actions.
  In addition to this, the Department provides
  information on environmental protection matters
  to the public and to other Council Departments.
• Preparation and overseeing Implementation of
  County Waste Management Plan.
• Creating and maintaining public environmental
  awareness.
• Interacting with other Directorates.

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North Cork Directorate

• Role of Environmental Services-
• To ensure that the operations required to
  implement the provisions of the Waste Management
  Plan are carried out-
• The Collection and Disposal of Waste.
• The provision and operation of Civic Amenity and
  Bring Sites.
• The detection and prosecution of instances of
  illegal dumping/littering.
• The reduction in the level of Dereliction.
• To develop and implement a Divisional
  Recreation/Amenity Policy.
• Interaction with local Area Offices.

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This Evenings Topics
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This Evenings Topics
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Environment Legislation

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Legislation

• Waste Management Act, 1996
• an Act to make provision in relation to the
  prevention, management
• and control of waste to give effect to
  provisions of certain Acts
• adopted by institutions of the European
  Communities in respect of
• those matters to amend the Environmental
  Protection Agency Act,
• 1992, and to repeal certain enactments and to
  provide for related
• matters.
• Litter Pollution Act, 1997
• an Act to provide for the prevention and control
  of litter pollution, the
• prevention of the defacement of certain places
  and matters relating
• thereto.

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Legislation

• Protection of the Environment Act, 2003
• an Act to provide for the implementation of
  Directive 96/61/EC of 24th September, 1996 of the
  Council of the European Communities concerning
  Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control and
  certain other Acts adopted by the Institutions of
  the European Communities, for that and other
  purposes to amend the Environmental Protection
  Agency Act, 1992 and the Waste Management Act,
  1996, to amend the Litter Pollution Act, 1997 and
  to provide for related matters.

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Environmental Services Budget North Cork
Department established November, 2002 Staff
Based at Annabella 16 Waste Collection crews
(based at Newberry) 12 Ballyguyroe landfill site
(aftercare) 1
22 Budget
2006 Estimated expenditure
4,357,000 Ballyguyroe aftercare 368,5000 Waste
Collection 1,454,500
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Environmental Services North
Litter Prevention 124,000 Provision
Maintenance of Bring Sites 180,000 Servicing
of Bring Sites - Metal 35,000 -
glass 48,000 - Paper/Plastic 960,000 -
Textiles 50,000 - Chemcar 26,000 Spring
Clean Week 300,000 Clean up Unauthorised
Dumping 120,000 Maintenance of Civic Amenity
Sites 297,400 Administration 393,100
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Ballyguyroe Landfill Site

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Ballyguyroe Landfill

• Ballyguyroe is the name of a townland north of
  Killdorrery in which a landfill site is located.
• The site consists of 38 acres of which 15 acres
  is waste fill to a max depth of 15 metres.
• The Site contains 250,000 tonnes of mixed
  household and commercial waste
• The site closed for waste in September 2001.

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Ongoing Aftercare Ballyguyroe

• Operated and maintained under a revised licence
  from the EPA (Licence No.2-2).
• Ongoing aftercare requires that there is no
  escape of harmful emissions for up to 30 years.
• This requires the continious collection and safe
  disposal of the leachate and gases from within
  the landfill mass for up to 30 years .

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Leachate Extraction

• Extracting leachate from within the landfill
  mass.
• Achieved using automatic air driven submersible
  pumps.
• Leactate stored in purpose built HDPE lined
  lagoon awaiting collection.

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Leachate Lagoon and Gas Flare

• Collection and storage of this substance.
• Leachate is the liquid product of the
  decomposition of landfill matter and contains
  many harmful toxins.
• Note delivery into the Lagoon and safety cut off
  device.

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Haul Away

• Hauled out by tanker truck.
• Currently sent to Charleville Sewage. Treatment
  Plant for treatment.