European Union (Household Food Waste and Bio-waste) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 430 of 2015).

These Regulations concern the segregation and recovery of household food waste and targets set out in article 5 of EU Directive 99/31/EC on the landfill of waste for the diversion of biodegradable municipal waste from landfill sites to composting and biogas plants and to other forms of authorised treatment. The Regulations place obligations: (a) on waste collectors to have a separate collection service for household food waste; and, (b) on the householders who produce food waste to segregate such waste and make it available for separate collection. Producers may alternatively compost the waste on the premises where it arises under specified conditions or take it to authorised facilities such as civic amenity sites, composting sites, anaerobic digestion sites or for incineration. The Regulations also give effect to Article 22 of the EU Waste Framework Directive (waste hierarchy and the protection of the environment requirements) as well as meeting the requirements of Articles 10, 11 and 13 of the Directive.