Part of the implementation of the Waste Management Plan for Dublin includes the building of a thermal treatment plant to deal with 25% of Dublin’s waste.  The preferred site for this plant is on the Poolbeg Peninsula.  The proposed thermal treatment plant is being developed in a Public Private Partnership (PPP) between Dublin City Council (acting on behalf of the four local authorities in Dublin) and Elsam, a Danish company.

The application for planning approval to An Bord Pleanala and for a licence to the EPA have now been submitted. Both of these applications require the production of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).   An EIS is the end product of a process, which examines the potential environmental consequences of a development, before the development takes place and identifies possible mitigation measures that can be implmented to offset any potential negative environmental consequences.  The applications and the accompanying EIS are available for members of the public to view and make submissions on to either An Bord Pleanala or the EPA.

The Environmental Impact Statement can be Downloaded from the Dublin Waste to Energy Website.