Please see REPAK web site (www.repak.ie/members_list.html) for a list of major producers who are exempt from partaking in self compliance with the Local Authority as long as they are registered REPAK members. These companies are not obliged to accept packaging waste similar to that which they place on the Irish market, as long as they remain REPAK members.
FAQs
Packaging is any material that packages any item sold on the market and includes cardboard, paper, plastic, glass, wood, aluminium, steel, etc. It includes packaging that comes with a product or which is put on separately for handling, transport, promotion, protection, marketing and sales purposes.
The Packaging Waste Regulations place obligations on persons, companies or partnerships (i.e. ‘Producers’) that, in the course of business, place packaging, packaging material or packaged products on the Irish market. Producers include shops, supermarkets, retailers, pubs, manufacturers, importers, fast food outlets, etc.
The Packaging Waste Regulations were first introduced in 1997. The main purpose of the Regulations is to assist Ireland achieve national packaging recovery targets set under EU Directive 94/62/EC as amended by Directives 2004/12/EC and 2013/2/EU.
There are 3 businesses presently registered as Major Producers opting for self-compliance with Tipperary County Council under the Packaging regulations (Last updated December 2015): Company/Premises Address Paper / Card-board Plastic Wrap / Plastic Glass Steel Alu-minium Wood Com-posite Barware Enterprises Ltd Rock Industrial Estate, Camas Road, Cashel, Co. Tipperary * * * * Corman Miloko Ireland Ltd. Deerpark, Carrick-On-Suir, Co. Tipperary * * * * M & M Walshe Ltd. t/a Rib World Carrigeen Ind. Est., Fethard Road, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary * * * These companies are only obliged to accept packaging waste similar to that which they place on the Irish market. Also they do not have to accept contaminated packaging waste. Note: Members of the public must segregate their waste and ensure that it is clean and in suitable condition for recycling / recovery at each of these self complying premises.
Clean uncontaminated dry recyclables such as Paper, Cardboard, Food and Drink Cans, Cartons, Plastic, Plastic Bottles, etc. Note: Householders should contact their collector to ascertain what exactly they place in their mixed dry recycling bin. Glass can be brought to and placed in dedicated bottle banks. You must not deposit clean and uncontaminated packaging in the residual waste collection bin. You must not deposit Food Waste, Glass, Timber, Residual Waste, WEEE, or Hazardous Waste such as Batteries, etc. in the mixed dry recyclable waste collection bin.
When your collector empties your mixed dry recycling bin into the bin truck this is taken to an authorised treatment facility for processing, such as sorting and compacting (baling). Most packaging waste is now considered a resource. This type of waste can be processed at a materials recovery facility to separate it into single waste streams. It is usually compacted into bales prior to transfer for recycling / recovery.
It is an environmental levy on plastic shopping bags. The levy is charged at 22 cent per bag. It is imposed at point of sale on the supply by retailers of plastic shopping bags to customers. As the primary purpose of the plastic bag levy is to prevent littering, the levy also applies to bio-degradable plastic bags. For more information and FAQs, please follow the link below to the Environment Section Regulations.
Yes. Each local authority is responsible for the enforcement of these Regulations. A person guilty of an offence under Sections 18, 28, 29, 32, 34, 36 or 39 of the Waste Management Act 1996, as amended, for the contravention of a regulation made under this named Section is liable: (a) on summary conviction, to a Class B fine (i.e. up to €4,000.00) or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or both, or, (b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding €15,000,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or both.
For some recycling tips please see www.recyclemore.ie/recycling-tips
