If you live outside the areas as detailed in the Regulations and would like to avail of a brown bin you should contact your collector to ascertain if they can provide you with the service, alternatively you could give consideration to using a home composter.
FAQs
Bio-degradable waste is actually a resource, it can be composted or treated through anaerobic digestion to produce compost or digestate that can be spread on the land, removing the need for chemical fertilisers and can also be a source of energy production. All this will help create and secure jobs, help reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and improve our carbon footprint and assist in Ireland’s promotion as a green economy.
Yes, home composting is a great way to deal with all your plant derived food waste e.g. fruit and vegetable peelings, teabags and coffee grinds, eggshells, etc. There may, however, be a certain percentage of your food waste that you cannot home compost e.g. raw or cooked meats, these may attract vermin. You should given careful consideration as to how you will deal with this fraction of food waste. You will be in compliance with the Regulations as long as you can demonstrate to Local Authority personnel that you are dealing with your food waste in one of the manners outlined under the Household Food Waste and Bio-waste Regulations 2013.
Section 34 of the Waste Management Act 1996, as amended, makes it an offence to collect waste without a waste collection permit.
Only authorised waste collection permit holders may collect waste from households. They must use vehicles that are pre-notified to the NWCPO, appropriately marked with their name and waste collection permit number, and, be authorised to collect each waste type, e.g. mixed municipal waste, brown bin waste, etc.
Any person (i.e. individual, company or partnership) collecting and transporting waste for profit or reward or otherwise in the course of business requires a waste collection permit.
These regulations are available to view and download from the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government’s website at: http://www.environ.ie/en/Legislation/Environment/Waste/WasteManagement/ Please note these regulations are subject to amendment from time to time.
These regulations are available to view and download from the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government’s website at: http://www.environ.ie/en/Legislation/Environment/Waste/WasteManagement/ Please note these regulations are subject to amendment from time to time.
All authorised collectors must, from the 1st July 2013, provide a separate collection service for food waste and transfer the food waste to an authorised facility for treatment.
The Waste Management (Collection Permit) Regulations, S.I. 820 of 2007 and Waste Management (Collection Permit) (Amendment) Regulations S.I. 87 of 2008, came in to effect on the 01st June 2008, set out the procedures for the making of waste collection permit applications, public consultation, consideration by local authorities of submissions in relation to waste collection permit applications, and the grant, refusal and review of waste collection permits by local authorities.
