Latest Waste Publications
Third & Fourth Schedules to Waste Management Act 1996 as amended
Year: 2011
These schedules are an extract from the Waste Management Act 1996 as amended, detailing the disposal and recovery activities that require a waste licence.
Schedule of fees for waste Licences
Year: 2008
Fees for Waste Licence Application, Surrenders, Reviews, Transfers and Objections as outlined in the second schedule to the Second schedule to the Waste Management Licensing Regulations 2004
Review of Waste Certificate of Registration Process - Local Authority
Year: 2008
This Flowchart outlines the process of a Review of Waste Certificate of Registration Process from start to finish outlining all of the different options.
Private Sector - Do I need a Waste Licence, Permit or Certificate of Registration
Year: 2008
This is to assist you in deciding if you require a Waste Licence, Waste Permit or a Certificate of Registration.
Local Authority- Do I need a Waste Licence or Certificate of Registration
Year: 2008
This Decision Tree is to assist in deciding if you require a Waste Licence or a Certificate of Registration
Waste Management - Taking Stock And Moving Forward
Year: 2004
This document (published April 2004) reviews progress and the continuing challenges in dealing with waste. It envisages the near-term introduction of thermal waste treatment as an alternative to landfill.
Delivering Change – Preventing And Recycling Waste 2002
Year: 2002
This government policy document built on Changing Our Ways moving to concrete proposals to give authorities more power to tackle the problem of waste. The document also announced the establishment of a National Waste Prevention Programme in the Environmental Protection Agency.
Changing Our Ways waste report 1998
Year: 1998
This was the first in a series of comprehensive government policy documents on the management of waste in Ireland. It endorsed the integrated waste management approach, based on the internationally adopted hierarchy of options which places greatest emphasis on waste prevention, followed by minimisation, re-use, recycling, energy recovery and finally, the environmentally sustainable disposal of residual waste.