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Transposition of the Waste Framework Directive (closing 26/11/10)
Draft Waste Management (Food Waste) Regulations 2009 (closed 14/10/09)
Draft Regulations on Waste from Extractive Industries (closed 7/11/08)
Waste Management Tyres and Waste Tyres (closed 27/4/07)
 Waste Regulation - (closed 6/10/06)
Waste Management Permit/Registration (closed 30/9/05)


Transposition of the Waste Framework Directive - (Closing 26th November, 2010 - close of business)


The Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government wishes to advise that Draft Regulations have been prepared to transpose the revised EU Waste  Framework Directive. Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste was published on 22 November 2008, and is the culmination of a major review of EU waste management law. It should be noted that transposition of the Directive is a separate process from the review of national waste management policy.

Member States are required to transpose the provisions of the Directive by 12 December 2010.

Directive 2008/98/EC - Waste and Repealing Certain Directives (pdf, 145kb)
Draft Waste Management (Waste Framework Directive) Regulations 2010 (pdf, 1,596kb)
Copies of the Directive and Draft Regulations can also be obtained from –

Mr. Gerry Byrne,
Waste Policy Section,
Department of the Environment,
Heritage and Local Government,
Custom House,
Dublin 1.

Tel. +353 (0)1 888 2600

Interested parties are invited to submit make comments/submissions on the Draft Regulations.  These should be forwarded to Mr. Gerry Byrne at gerry_byrne@environ.ie so as to arrive no later than close of business 26 November 2010.

The Draft Regulations are simply transposing Revised Waste Framework Directive 2008/98/EC into national law. For that reason, the Consultation does not invite views on the substance of the Revised Waste Framework Directive or the possibility of a change to that Directive.

Please note that all information submitted to the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government is subject to release under the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 and 2003.


Draft Waste Management (Food Waste) Regulations 2009 (Closed at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, 14 October 2009)


The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Mr. John Gormley, T.D., has published the draft Waste Management (Food Waste) Regulations 2009 which are intended to require the separate collection and biological treatment (through composting, biogas production or other suitable forms of recovery) of specified food waste arising in commercial premises.

The draft regulations can be accessed on this website.  It is envisaged that the proposed regulations have the potential to divert significant amounts of commercial food waste from landfill towards more sustainable and environmentally beneficial practices and will contribute towards the achievement of Ireland’s landfill diversion targets under Council Directive 99/31/EC on the landfill of waste.


Before finalising the draft regulations, comments are invited from stakeholders and other interested parties.  Comments on the draft regulations should be forwarded to the address indicated below: -


Mr. Paris Beausang,
Waste Policy: Prevention and Recovery Section,
Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government,
Custom House,
Dublin 1.
Tel. +353 (0)1 888 2606
Fax. +353 (0)1 888 2994
Email: paris_beausang@environ.ie

Please note that all comments submitted to the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government for this purpose are subject to release under the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 and 2003.

The deadline for the receipt of submissions and comments is 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, 14 October 2009.


Draft Regulations on Waste from Extractive Industries (Closed 7/11/08)


The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Mr. John Gormley, T.D., has published Draft Waste Management (Management of Waste from the Extractive Industries) Regulations 2008. These regulations are required in order to transpose Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the management of waste from extractive industries and amending Directive 2004/35/EC.

 The draft regulations can be downloaded below

Alternatively, copies are available on request by emailing wastepolicy@environ.ie  or by phoning Waste Policy: Review and Regulation at +353 (0)1 888 2600.

Interested parties are invited to make submission on the draft regulations.  These should be forwarded to the following address, so as to arrive no later than 7 November 2008.

Waste Policy: Review and Regulation, Department of the Environment, Heritage & Local Government, Custom House, Dublin 1 (Tel: +353 (0)1 888 2600).  Submissions may also be emailed to wastepolicy@environ.ie or submitted by fax to +353 (0)1 888 2797.

Please note that all information submitted to the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government is subject to release under the Freedom of Information Act 1997 (as amended).


Waste Management Tyres and Waste Tyres (Closed 27/4/07)


Comments were invited from stakeholders and other interested parties, in advance of finalising the draft regulations, which will support the environmentally sound management of waste tyres by providing a regulatory framework for comparing quantities of waste tyres arising with the quantities placed on the market and in tracking the movement of waste tyres from the time they are discarded until they are either reused or processed for recycling and /or recovery. The closing date for receipt of comments was the 26th of April 2007.

Draft Waste Management (Tyres and Waste Tyres) Regulations and associated documents.


Waste Regulation - Closed 6/10/06


A consultation paper - Regulation of the Waste Management Sector was published on 3 August 2006. The purpose of the public consultation document was to provide an opportunity for interested persons to comment on whether there is a need for a regulatory framework in the waste management sector. The closing date for receipt of submissions was 6 October 2006.

The public consultation paper is available from:

Waste Regulation and Infrastructure Section,
Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government,
Custom House,
Dublin 1
(+353 (0)1 888 2000)


Waste Management Permit/Registration (Closed 30/9/05)


The draft Waste Management (Facility Permit and Registration) Regulations and draft Waste Management (Collection Permit) Regulations were published on 5 July 2005. The draft Regulations amend the Waste Management (Permit) Regulations, 1998  and the Waste Management (Collection Permit) Regulations 2001 respectively.

The closing date for receipt of submissions was 30th September 2005.

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