Super-dumps should be replaced, say Greens

Super-dumps planned for each region of the country should be replaced by small dumps in each county, the Green Party said yesterday.

The Greens want a total ban on incineration and greater use of the three Rs of waste management - reduce, reuse, recycle.

Putting forward a Waste Management Bill to be debated in the Dáil, GP environment spokesman Ciarán Cuffe said it was realistic that only between 5% to 10% of waste should end up in landfill.