Environmental Services

OUR GOAL

To ensure that all the citizens of North Tipperary enjoy a clean, healthy and safe environment consistent with the principles of sustainable development and Local Agenda 21.

STRATEGIES

To implement the strategy for waste management set out in the Midlands Management Waste Plan and to provide a range of well run facilities for waste recycling, recovery and disposal.
To promote best practice in waste minimisation and recycling, water and air quality management and general environmental awareness through a sustained environmental education and work programme.
To promote energy efficiency in all of the Council’s activities and energy awareness in the County.
To improve the quality of the rivers and lakes in North Tipperary through the use of catchment management, river basin and monitoring schemes.
To prepare and implement the county’s Litter Management Plan with particular emphasis on public awareness and enforcement.
To eliminate derelict sites and promote renewal of obsolete areas.
To implement the relevant provisions of the Abattoirs Act 1988 and Food Safety Authority of Ireland Act 1998 to ensure the highest possible level of consumer protection.
To provide adequate burial facilities throughout the County in accordance with the Council’s Burial Ground Policy and to ensure that existing facilities are maintained to the highest standards of conservation and heritage protection.
To promote sustainable development by aiming to balance economic and social needs with environmental and heritage protection objectives.
To work in partnership with other local authorities in the County to advance common environmental objectives and to ensure a holistic approach to service delivery.

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