“It is inexcusable that we have ratepayers’ money being used to ship materials across the world for disposal that could be recycled locally.'
Over 141,300 tonnes of biodegradable waste known to contribute to the climate crisis wound up in landfill over the past year in Northern Ireland.
DAERA’s own 2013 Waste Strategy highlighted landfilled biodegradable waste as a major methane contributor, with its own Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990-2011 stating the waste sector contributed 454kt CO2 equivalent. It also highlighted EU proposals to introduce a ban on all biodegradable waste being sent to landfill by 2025.
Green Party councillor Anthony Flynn said: “Much more needs to be done to increase Northern Ireland’s recycling rates and far more quickly. Hovering around a 50% recycling rate across NI is simply not good enough and while the amount of waste we send to landfill is going up, so are the fees that councils pay in landfill tax.
Northern Ireland’s councils collected 1,034,637 tonnes of waste in 2021/22 - similar to the amount collected in 2020/21. Antrim & Newtownabbey, Ards & North Down, Belfast, Lisburn & Castlereagh, Mid & East Antrim, Newry, Mourne & Down are represented by arc21 which wants to build a controversial incinerator in Mallusk.
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