Agenda

Outstanding reports – Dublin Waste to Energy Limited

1.    Waste Categorisation Report

2.    Performance Demonstration Test Data Cell Definitions

3.    Report on not using emergency services for June incident

PPN Linkage Group Correspondence for the Environment SPC Meeting scheduled for 28^th of November 2018.

The PPN Environment Linkage Group met on the 30^th of October 2018 and reviewed it’s SPC Reps report on the 26^th of September.

While the PPN Environment Linkage Group approves of the Dublin City Council Herbicide Use Policy (item 8 within Environment SPC 26^th of September Agenda) they note that this policy does not contain a specific goal to eliminate herbicide use, much less a date to achieve this.

The PPN Environment Linkage Group proposed the following motion:

That Herbicide use be discontinued by 2020 within all DCC Parks and gardens (with the sole exception of its treatment for invasive species).

This should be seen as a significant step in the city wide ban of herbicide use.

Other countries and cities that have banned the use of Glyphosate Herbicide already include:

• Belgium: In 2017, the Flemish government banned individual use of glyphosate and voted against reliciensing glyphosate in the EU. The country was one of six EU member states to sign a letter to the EU Commission calling for "an exit plan for glyphosate." 
• Bermuda: The island outlawed the private and commercial sale of all glyphosate-based herbicides.
• Colombia: In 2015, the country forbid the use of glyphosate to eliminate illegal plantations of coca, often used to make cocaine, due to concern that the herbicide causes cancer. However in 2017, the country reinstituted its controversial fumigation program. But instead of using aerial fumigation, glyphosate is now sprayed manually, from the ground.
• Netherlands: Dutch officials have banned all non-commercial use of glyphosate.
• Sri Lanka: In 2014, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa mandated an all-out ban on glyphosate, following a study linking Roundup to Fatal Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), the second-leading cause of death among males in the country. Sri Lanka was the first country to issue a nationwide ban on glyphosate.
• El Salvador: Passed a law banning glyphosate, citing the same study linking fatal chronic kidney disease to Roundup.
• Middle Eastern countries, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman and the United Arab Emirates, have stoppedglyphosate use.
• France: President Emmanuel Macron announced in Novemenber 2017, an outright ban on glyphosate, to take effect "within three years."

(see: https://www.organicconsumers.org/news/germany-13-other-countries-say-no-glyphosate-what-about-us)

The PPN also notes that its motion on this matter (included below) was noted within the minutes of the Environment SPC Meeting for the 27^th of June (12: A.O.B.) to be discussed at the 26^th of September Meeting. This did not happen despite it being circulated as correspondence to members on the 7^th of August. It is not included within correspondence (item 3 within the Environment SPC 26^th of September Agenda).

The PPN Environment Linkage Group proposed that the following be included along with the above motion under correspondence within the SPC Meeting scheduled for 28^th of  ...  view the full agenda text for item 3.

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'That this Strategic Policy Committee calls on Dublin City Council to introduce a ban on single use plastics for the following:

• Cafes / tea rooms within DCC parks
• Market Traders that DCC licence
• All public events within the City

The ban should include non recyclable, biodegradable or compostable cutlery, kitchenware, coffee cups and plastic bottles.'

'That this Strategic Policy Committee calls on Dublin City Council to carry out a traffic assessment of large vehicles travelling to the Poolbeg Waste to Energy facility along the following streets - Bath Avenue, Londonbridge Road,  Irishtown Road and the Sean Moore Road. The assessment should include vehicle size, weight, and permit to access the facility'