Greenfield Soil and Stone as a By-Product
National By-Product Criteria Reference Number BP-N002/2024 establishes detailed criteria determining when greenfield soil and stone from undeveloped land, which is destined for lawful use at another development with appropriate planning permission or exemption, is a by-product and not a waste. Requirements include: If you require help to manage your Greenfield Soil & Stone project, please...
READ ARTICLE >Changes to compliance requirements for Packaging Waste
Since 1997 Irish legislation has placed the responsibility for the recovery and recycling of packaging waste on those who handle packaging at any stage of the supply chain. Under regulations which came into operation on 1 January 2023, ‘major producers’ of packaging waste are now required to become a member of an approved body. Repak operates Ireland’s...
READ ARTICLE >Septic Tanks: Charges, Financial Aid…. Ongoing Saga
The Department of Environment, Community and Local Government (DoECLG) has published a The Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 to regulate wastewater discharges from all homes that are not connected to the public sewer network. All on-site septic tank systems or domestic wastewater treatment systems will have to be registered. Around 68% of the population of...
READ ARTICLE >Phosphorous Removal From Wastewater
The most common treatment mechanism for the removal of phosphorous from wastewater involves the use of metal salt based coagulants: M3+ + PO43-→ MPO4 ↓ (Where M is the metal ion) A known amount of coagulant is applied to the wastewater. A coagulated solid is formed and phosphate is precipitated out as a settled solid....
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