Year: 2020
Year: 2020
Cumulative effects result from a combination of individual effects on a receptor. They can occur as a result of plans, programmes, projects and other actions in the past, present and the reasonably foreseeable future. They can result from impacts that may be individually insignificant, but collectively significant. Cumulative effects assessment (CEA) is the process of identifying, assessing and mitigating cumulative effects.
Year: 2020
This report summarises EPA data on waste generation and management in Ireland in 2018. It highlights key trends and progress towards EU targets and identifies where further measures are needed to improve Ireland’s recycling rates. The report builds on information available on the EPA Waste Statistics webpages: www.epa.ie/nationalwastestatistics/
Annual Air Quality Bulletin 2019, January 2020
Year: 2020
Annual Air Quality Bulletin for PM, NO2 and Ozone for the year 2019
Year: 2020
The key findings and recommendations from the second review of SEA effectiveness in Ireland are presented in this report. Recommendations are included to address issues relating to guidance, training & awareness, data collection, provision & sharing and governance and legislation.
Resource Efficiency Case Studies, December 2019
Year: 2019
Resource Efficiency Case Studies
Year: 2019
For additional information, please see documents below.
Year: 2019
This assessment provides an evaluation of the ecological health of Ireland's rivers, lakes, canals, groundwater, estuaries and coastal waters. The analysis is based on the assessment of biological and environmental data collected from 2,703 surface water bodies and 514 groundwater bodies between 2013 and 2018.
Year: 2019
Infographic: Water Quality in Ireland 2013-2018
Year: 2019
This document is a good practice note on how to practically incorporate climatic factors into plans and programmes, which come under the scope of the SEA Directive. It provides updated climate-related information and supersedes an earlier version published in 2015. It also acknowledges recent plan and programme-related developments that have occurred since then.
Year: 2019
Resource Efficiency in the Irish Print and Packaging Sector
Urban Waste Water Treatment in 2018, November 2019
Year: 2019
This report provides an overview of urban waste water treatment in Ireland during 2018. It focuses on the most important issues that Irish Water needs to address to protect our environment from the harmful effects of waste water discharges.
Year: 2019
Year: 2019
The EPA has produced provisional estimates of Greenhouse Gas emissions for the time period 1990-2018
Year: 2019
Year: 2019