The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced details of its Proposed Decision to grant a licence to Fingal County Council to develop an engineered landfill facility and public recycling facility in Nevitt, County Dublin.

The proposed decision provides for the development of an engineered landfill with maximum annual intake of 500,000 tonnes of non-hazardous waste and an associated public recycling facility.

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Residual waste, in the context of landfill, is waste that has been subjected to pre-treatment to extract the recyclable/reusable components and energy benefit.

The proposed decision contains more than 130 individual conditions relating to the environmental management, operation, control and monitoring of the proposed facility.

The EPA is satisfied that emissions from the landfill, when operated in accordance with the conditions of the proposed license, will not adversely affect human health or the environment and will meet all relevant national and EU standards.

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