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Public Consultations

Draft Waste Management (Food Waste) Regulations 2009
Draft Regulations on Waste from Extractive Industries (Closed 7/11/08)
Tyres ( Closed 26/4/07 )
Waste Regulation (Closed 6/10/06)
Waste Management Permit/Registration (Closed 30/9/05)

Draft Waste Management (Food Waste) Regulations 2009 (Closing 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. (01) 888 2606
Fax. (01) 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

Draft Waste Management (Management of Waste from the Extractive Industries) Regulations 2008 (pdf, 214 kb)

Draft Regulations-Screening RIA on the Draft Waste Management ( Management of Waste from the Extractive Industries) Regulations 2008 (pdf, 29 kb)

Alternatively, copies are available on request by emailing wastepolicy@environ.ie  or by phoning Waste Policy: Review and Regulation at 01-8882600.

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: 01– 8882600).  Submissions may also be emailed to wastepolicy@environ.ie or submitted by fax to 01-8882797.

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 9Tyres 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
(01 8882000)


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.