Minister for Environment, John Gormley, of the Green Party, has produced a plan to radically change waste management in Ireland by using many new levies and taxes to move from incineration to Mechanical and Biological Treatment (MBT). He has long stated that he will not accept the proposed incinerator in Ringsend, in his constituency, and this policy change is designed to stop that. As Dublin’s dumps have now filled up the waste will now have to be dumped in Wicklow (Ballynegran) and Kildare.
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