I have no direct function with regard to the provision of waste collection services. Under the Waste Management Act, 1996, local authorities have a qualified obligation to collect, or arrange for the collection of, household waste, and may collect other wastes. A local authority may, for the purpose of the proper management of waste, make bye-laws requiring a holder of household or commercial waste to present such waste for collection in such manner as may be specified, for example, in segregated receptacles.
It is proposed very shortly to make regulations under section 34 of the 1996 Act providing for the granting of waste collection permits by local authorities. A local authority may require the holder of a waste collection permit granted by the authority to provide for segregated collection of household or commercial waste.