Indaver obeys Government plan

IT is the view of Darina Allen and Allan Navratil (The Irish Examiner, August 13) that the Government has failed in its role to be a competent and efficient administrator with regard to waste management issues, in particular the requirement to deal with our hazardous waste.

Through the EPA, the Government has carried out a four-year strategy study on hazardous waste. The study got underway in 1997 and two years later a Proposed Hazardous Waste Management Plan was published for public consultation. During the consultation period the agency held public information meetings at six venues around the country and received a significant amount of written and verbal feedback on the plan.

The final plan, published in 2001, included: data and statistics on hazardous waste; recommendations on the prevention of hazardous waste; recovery and disposal options for hazardous waste including economic and environmental costs of the various options.