The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) has said it will not withdraw its report which is critical of the Environment Minister John Gormley’s incineration policies.

The Economic and Social Research Institute’s (ESRI) waste policy report was a “thinly-veiled excuse” for the construction of the Poolbeg incinerator, according to the author of a report commissioned the Environment Minister John Gormley.

The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, John Gormley TD has appointed Mr John Hennesssy as an authorised person to carry out an independent report in relation to the various risks and implications of the proposed incinerator to be located on the Poolbeg peninsula.

Mr Turlough Breslan (54) of Maghery Road, Portadown, was made the subject of a confiscation order of £166,696.65 at Omagh Crown Court under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

Over 50,000 homes across Belfast will be able to throw their food waste into their brown bin from now on - instead of relegating it to landfill.

The eagerly awaited targets that form the second phase of the Courtauld Commitment[1] were announced last week.

The Scottish Government's high-profile plan to establish the country as the world's first 'zero waste society' has moved a step forward with the launch of a new £5m capital grant programme design to stimulate the development of plastics recycling facilities.

The burning of solid urban waste, sludge from water treatment plants and livestock slurry could generate more than 7 percent of Spain's electricity needs, according to a new report.

Fehily Timoney & Company (FTC) is on the WRAP framework to - 'Support the Delivery of Advice on the Prevention, Collection and Recycling of Municipal Waste'.

Young offenders are to be put to work cleaning graffiti as part of a pilot project in Cork city.

A waste company has been restrained by the High Court from accepting further deposits for part of its landfill site near Naas, after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it had received more than 200 complaints about serious odours from the site.

The Financial Provision Policy for waste activities in Northern Ireland will be implemented from the 1st April 2010.