Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 9 July 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Circular Economy as it relates to the Waste Sector: Discussion.
11:00 am
Mr. Conor Walsh:
If I may say something in response, there were a lot of claims this morning that there is no control over waste companies and there was talk about State control. The State controls the market. People need to understand that. The State decides what we collect, when we collect, how we collect and who gets what bins. It is all decided by the waste collection permit regulations and the waste collection permits that are issued to us. What we do at our facilities is all controlled by the EPA and the local authorities on the permit side. The State decides what is to be done with the waste, what is to be collected and how, all of that. We do all that under enforcement.