Michelle Mulherin (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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885. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the option in legislation of the payment of waste collection for non-domestic and commercial waste disposal by bin lift, which is more environmentally friendly as it encourages recycling and the compression of recyclable material and needs fewer journeys by waste collection vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49568/14]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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A Study of Pay-by-use Systems for Maximising Waste Reduction Behaviour in Ireland, published by the Environmental Protection Agency in 2011, indicates that pay by weight on a per kilogram basis is the most effective Pay-by-use (PBU) system in terms of waste prevention, waste recycling and diversion of waste from landfill.

In this regard and as part of the development of a radical and comprehensive new regulatory framework to reform the regulation of the collection of household waste in 2015, my Department is considering all the aspects of introducing a statutory requirement for all collectors of household waste to operate a “pay-by-weight” system as a condition of their permit.

While the regulatory framework being considered is initially focused on the collection of household waste, applying pay-by-use requirements to other waste streams, including commercial waste, will also be considered.