IPPC/Waste Licensing
ENVIROCO Management Ltd. have been involved with the successful application of a number of IPPC & Waste Licenses within Ireland. IPPC license applications catered for by ENVIROCO Management Ltd to date includes the manufacture of surface coatings and pharmaceutical sectors. In relation to waste licenses, ENVIROCO Management Ltd. has success in applications for the following private waste sectors; Transfer Stations, hazardous waste companies.
IPPC
An IPPC licence is a single integrated licence, granted and enforced by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which covers all emissions and environmental management of specified industrial and agriculture activities which are identified in the first schedule of the Environmental Protection Agency Acts, 1992 to 2007.
The following categories of industry which fall within the scope of IPPC licensing include:
• Minerals and Other Materials.
• Energy.
• Metals.
• Mineral Fibres and Glass.
• Chemicals.
• Intensive Agriculture (poultry and pigs).
• Food and Drink.
• Wood, Paper, Textiles and Leather.
• Fossil Fuels.
• Cement.
• Waste (recovery or disposal in a facility connected or associated with an IPPC activity).
• Other Activities (includes testing of engines, manufacture of printed circuit boards, production of lime in a kiln and manufacture of ceramic products).
Waste Licence
A waste licence is a legal document granted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to private companies and local authorities giving authorisation to carry out waste activities as defined in the Waste Management Acts 1996-2008. The waste licence is site specific and has legally binding conditions attached to it. (A waste licence is an integrated licence regulating the emissions to all environmental media as a result of the environmental management of the facility)
All related waste activities involved in the overall operations of a facility are considered in the determination of a licence application. The EPA must be satisfied that the proposed or existing activity shall not result in environmental pollution or any detrimental effects upon the local environment when carried on in accordance with the licence conditions.
Further Information
For more information on these or any other aspect, please contact us on LoCall 1890 522 000, or email us at info@enviroco.ie
