Kentstown Dump

Where is the proposed Super Dump in Kentstown ?
It will be in the fields behind the primary school and will be 1 mile long, half mile wide and 6 stories high. It will be seen for miles around, as will the scavenging birds and rats. The smells will be detected up to 2 miles away depending on differing weather conditions.

Why Kentstown ?
At the time of the site selection process in 1996, Kentstown was a sleepy cross road with a slightly declining population. The soil type was regarded as suitable and the N2 Dublin road was nearby. Now, Kentstown has had 3 major housing developments with at least 3 more soon to start.

Why will the Dump be so big ?
Meath's yearly waste is about 60,000 tonnes at present, of this about 15% is currently recycled, leaving 50,000 tonnes. The new separate waste collection systems, for both domestic and commercial waste plus the civic recycling centres will further reduce this to between 20,000 to 25,000 tonnes per year. If separate collection for "wet" waste (compost) is brought in, then this will further reduce to about 9,000 tonnes remaining of dry residue waste in Meath. This would mean a "dry" dump of about one twentieth the size of the proposed Super Dump. Celtic Waste Ltd., plan to dump between 175,000 and 200,000 tonnes of waste per year in the proposed Kentstown Super Dump. This waste will come mainly from their existing waste collection systems in Dublin. This is similar to the dump they operate in Kildare.

But you'll always need a Dump - it has to go somewhere doesn't it ?
That was the thinking up to about 10 years ago. There has been tremendous changes in the developed world over the same period which now show that this is wrong. That alternative are simple to put in place, don't take long to equip, save money, create jobs, help the environment and are good for your health. In places like Denmark, Australia, Canada, parts of the USA, Austria, the Netherlands and Finland, differing approaches have been put in place to what is now called "Zero Waste". This does not mean that there is no waste but that at each stage of production, design, packaging, sales, distribution, consumption and disposal, waste is reduced or minimised so that there is very little left to pollute.

What about the proposed Incinerator at Duleek ?
Celtic Waste Ltd., plan to dump up to 30,000 of toxic incinerator ash at Kentstown every year.

What are the health implication ?
European scientific health studies have proven a very real health problem exists in populations living up to 5 kilometres around a dump. Two new Government sponsored health reports connect increased respiratory born diseases in populations living near domestic refuse dumps. Bird defects rise, life expectancy reduces. The inclusion of toxic incinerator ash is unknown, but will certainly increase the likely hood of increased health risk.

What can be done to make things better ?
Help the pro- environment campaign to fight this monstrous proposal. Support measures to prevent, reduce, reuse and recycle waste.

More..

• Dumping - The LPAI opposes super-dumps. The Government's policies lead inevitably to more dumps.