COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
Monday, September 09, 2024
QUESTION NO.16
MOTION: Councillor T. Costello
To ask that SDCC carry out a survey to confirm which households have a bin collection service contract and to establish what means houses who don't are disposing of domestic waste
REPORT:
In accordance with the requirements of Section 34 C of the Waste Management Act 1996, Local Authorities are required to 'maintain a register of persons availing of a household waste collection service for the purpose of establishing compliance by original producers of waste and other waste holders. Authorised Waste Collectors are required to provide this information following a written request made by a Local Authority.
Section 34 C (9) of the Waste Management Act 1996 (as inserted by Section 27 of the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022) a local authority may establish and maintain a register of postcodes in respect of addresses in its functional area from which household waste or commercial waste is not
(a) collected by an authorised waste collector,
(b) deposited at a waste facility, or
(c) otherwise disposed of or treated in accordance with this Act,
for the purposes of establishing compliance by original producers and other waste holders with section 32(1A) and any regulations or bye-laws made under this Act in relation to household waste or commercial waste.
Under Section 34C(16) of the Act, the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications shall issue guidance for the purpose of assisting local authorities in the establishment and maintenance of a register referred to in subsection (9) and the appropriate use of the information contained in such a register and may from time to time revise or re-issue that guidance. This guidance was issued in December 2023 with further explanatory guidance received in Q1 2024.
To this end, South Dublin County Council issued Section 18 notices in July 2024 to the 12 authorised household waste collectors operating in SDCC seeking details of addresses of premises in SDCC from which they collect household and/or kerbside waste. The authorised collectors are in the process of providing this information, South Dublin County Council Waste Enforcement & Licensing Section will then process the data from which areas with low collector rates will be identified, and will in turn be targeted to carry out surveys to determine how these properties are complying with the 2018 SDCC Household and Commercial Waste Bye-Laws.