Written answers

Thursday, 19 October 2017

Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Waste Disposal Charges

Photo of Willie PenroseWillie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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193. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that waste companies are unilaterally changing the terms and conditions of their waste collection system and scheme in circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44441/17]

Photo of Denis NaughtenDenis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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The charges applied by waste management companies are matters for those companies and their customers, subject to compliance with all applicable environmental and other relevant legislation, including contract and consumer legislation.

  Each household waste collector has been required through a condition in their waste collection permit from 1 July, 2015 to weigh a bin each time it is collected and to make that information available to the customer on at least a monthly basis. In terms of a weight allowance, I am aware that one local authority has stipulated in bye-laws that 240 litre bins should not weigh more than 40kg when presented for collection in order to protect the health and safety of the person or persons collecting bins.

In the interest of encouraging further waste prevention, the Government decided that flat-rate fees for kerbside household waste collection will be phased out over the period autumn 2017 to autumn 2018 as customers contracts come up for renewal and the necessary regulatory steps are being put in place to give effect to this decision.

As has been long-standing practice, a collection service provider may amend a pricing structure or a contract at any time, as long as the amendments are in accordance with all relevant legislation, including contract and consumer legislation.

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