Written answers
Tuesday, 12 November 2019
Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Waste Disposal
Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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453. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll-out of brown bins to all homes nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46405/19]
Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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Under the European Union (Household Food Waste and Bio-waste) Regulations 2015, household waste collectors are required to provide, or arrange for the provision of, a separate collection service for food waste from households in designated brown bin areas. In accordance with the Regulatory Impact Assessment prepared for these Regulations, the roll-out of the brown bin has been phased in on a progressive basis, commencing on 1st July 2013. The timetable for when the regulations took effect is as follows:
- 1st July 2013 for population centres greater than 25,000 persons;
- 31st December 2013 for population centres greater than 20,000 persons;
- 1st July 2014 for population centres greater than 10,000 persons;
- 1st July 2015 for population centres greater than 1,500 persons, and
- 1st July 2016 for population centres greater than 500 persons.
A full public consultation on Ireland’s Circular Economy strategy will be launched before the end of this year which will seek views on all matters waste related, including the provision of a brown bin collection service in all other areas of the country.
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