Ireland's State of the Environment Report 2024

422 Chapter 15: Circular Economy and Waste National Waste Management Plan for a Circular Economy 2024–2030 The three regional waste management planning offices recently produced an all-inclusive national waste management plan 22 with circular thinking at its core. The plan contains national targets (Figure 15.13) and an overarching ambition to reach 0% total waste growth per person in each year of 22 www.mywaste.ie/national-waste-management-plan (accessed 24 June 2024). its lifetime. On top of key EU recycling targets, overlapping international climate change targets and Sustainable Development Goals, the plan lays out roadmaps to achieve all relevant targets in a coherent and collaborative approach. These national targets provide the necessary strategic shift to focus planning, investment and resources further up the waste hierarchy, to prevent waste generation and to decouple it from economic growth. Figure 15.13  National targets set out in the National Waste Management Plan Residual Municipal Waste Waste destined for landfill or recovery by thermal treatment Construction Materials Construction and Demolition Waste generated Material Compliance Recycling Material Compliance in the Dry Recycling Bin Material Compliance Residual Material Compliance in the Residual Bin Reuse of Materials Reuse of materials like clothes or furniture to prevent waste Reuse Facilities Provide for reuse at 10 Civic Amenity Sites, minimum Repair of Materials (Develop a roadmap for a Repair Target and Provide 1 collection scheme for repairable materials in each region and align with repair practitioners). This target will also consider a roadmap for remanufacturing 6% Reduction in rMSW per person by 2030 12% Reduction in C&D Waste by 2030 90% Material Compliance in the Dry Recycling Bin 10% per annum increase in Material Compliance in the Residual Bin, (90% by end of 2030) 20kg Per person/year 10 Sites for Reuse (min) 3 Collection Schemes Target 1A Target 1B Target 2A Target 2B Target 3A Target 3B Target 4A/B Reuse Source: www.mywaste.ie/national-waste-management-plan