The Enforcement of Waste Law in Northern Ireland: Deterrence, Dumping and the Dynamics of Devolution Author Brennan C. Journal/Series Journal of Environmental Law | Vol.28(3), p. 471-496 Date 2016 Source IUCN (ID: ANA-091208) Publisher | Place of publication Oxford University Press | Oxford, UK ISSN 0952-8873 Document type Article in periodical Language English Country/Territory United Kingdom Subject Legal questions, Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Waste disposal Waste management Enforcement/compliance Abstract This article examines the enforcement of waste law in Northern Ireland. It considers how a legacy of historical failures to enforce legislation in conjunction with inadequate arrangements for the delivery of environmental regulation continues to frustrate environmental protection efforts in this jurisdiction. The article demonstrates that challenges associated with delivering waste regulation faced by other UK environmental regulators are more acute in Northern Ireland due to a range of distinctive circumstances and the response of the devolved government in addressing these issues has so far achieved only limited success. The article concludes that a significant shift in enforcement culture and practice in Northern Ireland is necessary in order to ensure enforcement action against waste criminals is effective, but that ultimately fundamental structural changes to the architecture of environmental regulation are required.