Compulsory clean-up bonds for N. Ireland

摘要

Compulsory financial provisions for waste site owners to cover potential remediation costs if the business closes or lacks clean-up funds have been proposed by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency. A consultation will be open until 19 June on proposals to amend the Environmental Protection Waste and Contaminated (Northern Ireland) Order 1997. The amount of financial provision for non-landfill facilities would be based on the maximum quantity of waste that operators can keep, store, treat or dispose of at the site under the terms of their licence/permit. This quantity has to be converted into the total disposal costs to transport the material to a suitably authorised waste management facility.