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Don't Waste Our Future
by Judie Russell
Ireland is among the highest waste producers in Europe per person. We’re a small nation now with but our population is growing as fast as our appetite for consumerism. So we’re going to have to understand and decide how we are going to manage it all. Otherwise, the big decisions could be taken out of our hands.In 1995, over 90% of Irish household waste went to landfills. Evidently, this led to our landfills reaching capacity, And, around the same time, the European Union started to crack down on this method of waste disposal due to the high volume of emissions that landfills produce. So, we then relied on exporting our waste, and in 2016 China was taking 95% of our plastic waste. Then in 2018, China closed the doors. In the meantime, Ireland's first Commercial incinerator for household waste begin its operations at Indaver's County Meath site in 2011. Then 6 years later in 2017, a second incinerator began it's operations in Dublin and is owned by Covanta.Indaver, a privately-owned Belg
Episodes
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Too Close for Comfort - Dr Gordon Dalton & Jody Power
Welcome back to Don't Waste Our Future - a series of interviews about the past, present and future of waste in Ireland. In last week's episode, I spoke with Professor Barry O'Sullivan - an expert in Artificial Intelligence about ways in which AI and big data can and cannot lead us towards a more...
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The Future of Waste - Professor Barry O'Sullivan
Welcome back to don't waste our future - a series of interviews about the past, present and future of waste in Ireland. In this episode, we look at the waste issue from the perspective of artificial intelligence or AI. I wanted to know if AI and big data could hold some solutions for reducing…
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CHASEing Indaver - Linda Fitzpatrick
Recently, CHASE have raised over €70,000 in crowd funding to appeal another decision by the Planning Board to allow the incinerator proposal to go ahead. This appeal will end in what's called a judicial review and this is set to take place in March 2019. I got in touch with CHASE and their...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Ireland is among the highest waste producers in Europe per person. We’re a small nation now with but our population is growing as fast as our appetite for consumerism. So we’re going to have to understand and decide how we are going to manage it all. Otherwise, the big decisions could be taken out of our hands.In 1995, over 90% of Irish household waste went to landfills. Evidently, this led to our landfills reaching capacity, And, around the same time, the European Union started to crack down on this method of waste disposal due to the high volume of emissions that landfills produce. So, we then relied on exporting our waste, and in 2016 China was taking 95% of our plastic waste. Then in 2018, China closed the doors. In the meantime, Ireland's first Commercial incinerator for household waste begin its operations at Indaver's County Meath site in 2011. Then 6 years later in 2017, a second incinerator began it's operations in Dublin and is owned by Covanta.Indaver, a privately-owned Belg
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Judie Russell
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Ireland is among the highest waste producers in Europe per person. We’re a small nation now with but our population is growing as fast as our appetite for consumerism. So we’re going to have to understand and decide how we are going to manage it all. Otherwise, the big decisions could be taken out...
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