This legislation has been repealed.
The aims of this Policy are:
(a) to provide for the assessment and determination of proposals for major putrescible landfill sites:(i) in a way that will ensure a consistency of approach, and(ii) so as to ensure that the significance of the proposals to the State is taken into account, and
(b) to ensure that the use of landfill sites as a means of waste disposal is weighed against other waste management and waste disposal alternatives.