Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 20 June 2024
73. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the measures being taken to ensure the uptake of household bio-waste collection in apartment buildings; and if he has engaged with waste service providers on this issue. [26577/24]
View answerWaste collection companies must hold a waste collection permit in order to collect waste in line with the Waste Management (Collection Permit) Regulations 2007, as amended. Waste collection permits are issued by the National Waste Collection Permit Office.
Under the permit conditions, household waste collectors are obliged to provide a separate receptacle for each waste fraction, namely residual, recyclables and bio-waste. Waste from apartments is considered to be household waste and the permit conditions for household waste collection apply.
In addition, all local authorities have also introduced waste bye-laws governing the segregation, storage and presentation of household and commercial waste in their functional area. These bye-laws set out a number of specific provisions for the owners/ management companies of multi-unit developments such as apartment complexes, please see final-waste-presentation-bye-laws-jan-2020-v7.pdf (fingal.ie) for an example of such bye-laws.
Enforcement of waste regulations, waste bye-laws and waste collection permit conditions are a matter for the relevant local authority, who have significant powers under the Regulations to secure compliance by all parties.
