Waste Management in Ireland is currently undergoing radical change. The passing of the Waste Management Act 1996 and the recent Policy Statement on Waste Management from the Minister for the Environment & Local Government (October 1998) gives legislative and policy impetus to this change.
These changes will give rise to the creation of a new waste management approach based on alternatives to landfilling and will also aid the current rapidly changing technological environment in which modern landfills are being designed and constructed.
While the Irish do not burn any waste, the Dutch have multifunctional and relatively clean waste incinerators, dumps for separated waste and even a waste dump to make compost. Apart from burning waste Dutch incinerators produce clean energy and many durable products from what is left after the waste burning, but also heat for nearby residential areas.
A group of Irish environmental officers visits the Netherlands to have a look at the modern ways of processing waste. The Irish campaign for the radical change in waste management is called ‘Race against waste’.
For promotion video footage and from the visit is needed and some interviews need to be done with Dutch waste management experts and with the Irish participants. The video footage is created for the Irish public relations company Mary Murphy Associates for the Irish Authorities.
For this production Featurez gave advice, did research, set-up and planning, booked a camera crew, did the direction and interviews.