Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 8 September 2022
66. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the attention of his Department has been drawn to separate charges by waste collection companies for the collection of the green recycling bin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42400/22]
View answerThe waste management market in Ireland is serviced by private companies, where prices charged are a contract matter between those companies and their customers subject to compliance with all applicable environmental and other relevant legislation, including contract and consumer legislation.
My role as Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications is to ensure that the waste management market is operating in compliance with relevant environmental legislation. With regard to the charges applied for kerbside household waste collection, the charges applied should encourage householders to divert waste from the residual or general waste bin. For example, it would be expected that charges for the residual waste bin would be higher than the charges (if any) applied to the mixed dry recyclables or organic waste collection.
