A major new landfill for taking hazardous ash from the whole of Ireland's proposed incinerators have been lodged with An Bord Pleanála.

The landfill would be capable of taking all of the estimated 86,000 tonnes of 'hazardous flue gas treatment residues' produced annually by three incinerators in development in the Irish Republic, as well as one in Northern Ireland.

According to the Irish Times, Murphy Environmental Hollywood Ltd (Mehl) is seeking permission for a 500,000-tonne-per-annum landfill to include hazardous waste on a site west of the M1 motorway at Hollywood Great, Nag's Head, Naul, Co Dublin.

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The incinerators include the Poolbeg waste to energy plant in Dublin and the Indaver Ireland plant at Carranstown in Co Meath, which are under construction.

Also named in the application is the Indaver Ireland plant proposed for Ringaskiddy, Co Cork, along with a fourth, described as 'provision for waste to energy in Northern Ireland'.

A licence is also required from the Environmental Protection Agency.

The Naul site is a former quarry operating as a landfill and licensed by the environmental agency for 500,000 tonnes of inert material per annum. The proposers note there would no need to change the permitted tonnage involved.

According to the environmental impact assessment associated with the application, the flue gas residues would typically contain heavy metals and dioxins and lime.

The application is for a term of 25 years and the area of the site is 54.4 hectares.

(BMcC/GK)