Mr. Brian Quirke:

There are two quite distinct focus areas of the campaigns. The national food waste recycling week has focused on the household aspects of it. There are also requirements for the commercial sector to segregate food waste. New regulations came in to incentivise commercial waste collection. That includes the provision of three bins for enterprises, namely, the residual black bin, the dry mixed recycles and the organic biowaste bin.

Household and commercial waste is one of the national waste enforcement priorities for 2024. There will be local authority waste enforcement efforts that will be targeted to ensure, for example, that waste collectors are providing the service as required.