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Single Use Plastic Directive
DAERA is required to transpose Articles 2-7, 14 and 17 of EU Directive 2019/904 on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment (the Single-use Plastics Directive) as noted in Annex...
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Diverting Biodegradable Waste from Landfill
This policy area involves assessing the feasibility of potential bans or restrictions on biodegradable waste being disposed of in landfill sites in Northern Ireland. The Climate Change Act (Northern Ireland) sets a target that at...
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Extended Producer Responsibility - Deposit Return Scheme for single use drinks containers
Deposit Return Scheme To decrease littering, increase recyclability & increase recycling of single use drinks containers to 90% in 3 years for PET plastic, steel and aluminium and shift costs to producers.
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Voluntary Producer Responsibility - Chewing Gum
Voluntary scheme funded by producers to reduce street litter from chewing gum. Voluntary scheme funded by producers to reduce street litter from chewing gum. Council funding rounds completed for 2022 and 2023. Grant funds opened...
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Extended Producer Responsibility - Packaging
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging is a UK-wide reform of an existing Producer Responsibility scheme for packaging.
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Food Waste
To review voluntary business food waste recording and reporting; and, if household food waste recycling is fit for purpose. (For prevention of food waste, and redistribution of food (see Waste Prevention). Meeting the Courtauld 2030...
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Waste Prevention Programme
The 2019 Waste Prevention Programme continues to support a culture of waste prevention, resource efficiency, influencing behaviour through awareness raising, education and skills development, including for food waste.
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Green Growth Strategy
The draft Green Growth Strategy is the Executive’s multi-decade strategy for climate, the environment & the economy. Its aim is to ensure future government policy making here has climate and environmental action at its core...
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Plastic Pollution
A Plan to Eliminate Plastic Pollution is currently under development that will bring together a number of actions across Northern Ireland.
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Recycling - Circular Economy Package (CEP) Municipal Waste Recycling Targets
New requirements and targets set by the Waste and Contaminated Land Order (as amended) and the Climate Change Act (NI) mean more ambition and greater action is needed to improve the quality and quantity of...
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Recycling – Climate Change Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 – Recycling & Net Zero Targets
The Climate Change Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 came into effect on 6th of June 2022 and specifies the Waste Management sector as a priority area for the reduction of GHG emissions to contribute to NI’s...
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Reducing Green House Gas (GHG) Emissions from the Waste Management Sector
The Climate Change Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 came into effect on 6th of June 2022 and specifies the Waste Management sector as a priority area for the reduction of GHG emissions to contribute to NI’s...
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The Environment Act Implementation
Implementation of the Environment Act 2021 cuts across a range of policy areas, many of which are included separately in the waste policy tracker.
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The Environmental Improvement Plan
An Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) for NI is a statutory requirement of the Environment Act 2021. The EIP will provide the focus for protecting and enhancing our natural environment for the coming decades.
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The Northern Ireland Waste Management Strategy / Waste Management Plan
Over the last two decades Waste Management Strategies have been published on a 6-year cycle to fulfil DAERA’s legal obligations to publish a Waste Management Plan for Northern Ireland, as set out in the Waste...
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UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS)
The UK ETS works on a cap-and-trade principle, whereby a cap is set on the amount of carbon emissions that can be produced by installations within scope. It currently applies to Energy Intensive Industries and...
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Wet Wipes Containing Plastic
The NI Executive together with the UK Government, Welsh Government and Scottish Government are all committed to tackling plastic pollution and its impact on our environment, economy and health.
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Importing Equidae from the European Union
This page provides information on the requirements for moving Equidae from the European Union (EU) to Northern Ireland (NI).
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Details of the TB Programme
Our Eradication Programme includes a robust TB testing regime and is vital to safeguarding NI’s £1,000 million plus export-dependent livestock and livestock products industry. Approximately 90% of our herds are free to engage in such...
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The TB Skin Test
The TB skin test is the common name for the Comparative Intradermal Tuberculin test (CITT). This skin test is regarded as the definitive indicator of infection by the bacteria that cause TB in cattle -...