The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) current Strategic Plan 2013-2015, Working with Others for a Better Environment sets out how a clean, healthy and well protected environment lies at the heart of economic recovery. The EPA is seeking the views of the public on it’s draft strategy 2016-2020. The 2016 – 2020 builds on the need for sustainability and...

Financial Provision is a mechanism which the EPA employ to ensure that the State is not exposed to clean-up costs associated with environmental incidents be they historical or more recent. Financial provision is defined as putting in place a financial instrument or other approved financial provision to cover the full cost of remedial measures if an incident...

Many of businesses need to manage contaminated land and groundwater, arising either from historical site activities or a more recent site incident.  The EPA have published guidance on the management of contaminated land and groundwater at EPA licensed facilities. The guidance presents the risk based approach which is considered to be best practice for the assessment and remediation...

The EPA have presented advice on who to contact and what to do when you identify an environmental problem. Who to Contact In many cases, it will be possible to resolve an environmental problem by contacting the person or business that you think is causing the problem directly. If you do contact the person or...

The EPA has published an updated waste classification list and information aimed at assisting you to determine whether or not you waste is hazardous. The waste classification system applies across the EU and is the basis for all national and international waste reporting obligations. The EPA reference document is split into two to accommodate users; the full listing is...

The EPA Research Programme has been allocated funding of approximately €2.54m for new commitments in Water research. The overall aim of the water pillar is to support relevant water policy and to protect our water environment, contributing to achieving excellent water quality in Ireland. The EPA Research Water Pillar deals with groundwater, surface water, transitional...

Green Enterprise provides grant aid to demonstration type projects across all sectors of economic activity in Ireland and is open to proposals from companies, institutions and public bodies. For 2015, the maximum amount of funding available is €60,000 per company/organisation. Grant aid is provided up to a maximum limit of 75% of the total eligible...

7 July 2015 is the deadline for Industrial Emissions Licences for existing installations operating newly prescribed activities as presented in the First Schedule of EPA Acts 1992-2013 -V2. Section 7.8 of the revised first schedule of the EPA Act now includes the requirement for the following installations to be processed where the treatment and processing,...

The See It? Say It!’ App has been developed by the EPA to help people report any environmental pollution they see, via their phones.   The EPA App now links to the FixYourStreet website, which is monitored by all local authorities. Using the App a member of the public can take a photograph of the pollution...

The EPA have published a green procurement guidance document to assist the public sector to implement and maintain procedures. Green Public Procurement (GPP) is defined as: “A process whereby public and semi-public authorities meet their needs for goods, services, works and utilities by choosing solutions that have a reduced impact on the environment throughout their life-cycle, as...