Waste Management (Collection Permit) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 24 of 2016).

These Regulations amend the Waste Management (Collection Permit) Regulations 2007 to give effect to national waste policy regarding the regulation of the collection of household waste. In particular, the Regulations provide for the weighing of household waste collected, the reporting of this weight to the householder, the preparation of customer charters, the phasing out of the collection of non-reusable waste receptacles such as bags, the collection of recyclable household waste. These Regulations also provide for the collection and reuse of food waste and bio-waste (in accordance with of the European Union (Household Food Waste and Bio-waste) Regulations 2015).
The nominated authority shall attach to each waste collection permit that may be granted by it such conditions as are in the reasonable opinion of the nominated authority, necessary to, among other things: (a) give effect to the objectives of the relevant waste management plans or the National Hazardous Waste Management Plan as the case may be, and which are stated to be necessary by a local authority or the Agency; (b) to give effect to the segregation, separation, storage and collection of waste food in accordance with the Waste Management (Food Waste) Regulations 2009 as amended, and food waste, and as the case may be, bio-waste, in accordance with the European Union (Household Food Waste and Bio Waste) Regulations 2015.