A new anti-dumping initiative will include funds for monitoring and surveillance equipment, including drones, and for the development of a dumping database. Their activities could be stamped out only by communities, local authorities and State agencies working together, he said, after announcing an additional 50 per cent in funding to tackle illegal dumping. The increase in funding under the €3 million Anti-Dumping Initiative (ADI) will enable approaches to managing known dumping blackspots, clean-ups and enforcement backed where appropriate by the use of drones. The increase in funding under the €3 million Anti-Dumping Initiative (ADI) will enable approaches to managing known dumping blackspots, clean-ups and enforcement backed where appropriate by the use of drones. File photograph: Kiyoshi Ota/BloombergThe ADI funding is in addition to the €7.4 million annual enforcement grant, which supports the recruitment and retention of 150 local authority waste enforcement personnel across the country.

Source: The Irish Times March 31, 2019 23:03 UTC