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Waste Management (Food Waste) Regulations
2009
Catherine Rice
Environment Section
South Tipperary County Council
13th of July 2010
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Summary of
Presentation
• Background
• Overview of Regulations
• Your Obligations
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EU Landfill Directive
1999/31/EC
• Imposes a ban on landfill of certain wastes
• Certain hazardous wastes
• Liquid wastes
• Tyres
• Biodegradable waste/Organic Waste
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Issues with Bio waste to
Landfill
• Greenhouse gas emissions
• Odour
• Landfill leachate
• Compliance with EU obligations –Potential fines
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Biodegradable Waste
• Capable of
undergoing aerobic or
anaerobic
decomposition,
textiles, paper, food,
green waste etc
• Organic Waste – food
waste & green waste
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Biodegradable Waste –
2.1M tonnes
57% Landfill
43% Recovered
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Scope of the Regulations
• Food Waste
• Arising on the premises of the producers
• Set out in Schedule 1 of the Regulations
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To Whom do the
Regulations Apply?
• Hotels
• Restaurants/Cafes
• Work canteens
• Public Houses
• Guest Houses (>4bed)
• Shops/Supermarkets
• Hospitals
• Nursing Homes
• Crèches
• State Buildings with canteen
• Educational facilities with canteen
• Stations, Airports, Harbours etc
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Trade Shows, Exhibitions &
Events
• Regulations apply to events as prescribed under Section 230 of the Planning & Development Act
• Organisers must:– Ensure compliance with the regulations
– Ensure producer supplying food at the event is compliant
– Prepare a food waste management plan prior to event
– Prepare a food waste management implementation report after the event
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Exception
• Premises which produce < 50kg per week
– Provisions shall apply 1 July 2011
– Written declaration must be made to the
Local Authority by 1July 2010
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Producer Obligations
• Food waste arising on the premises must be
source segregated and kept separate from all
other materials
• Separate dedicated bin
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Producer Obligations
• Segregated food waste must be subjected to
an authorised treatment process/facility i.e.
• Composting
• Anaerobic Digestion
• Rendering
• Pet Food
• Animal Feed supplier
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Authorised Facility
• A facility that is authorised for the treatment of
waste in accordance
– Waste Management Act & Environmental Protection Act
– Planning requirements
– Animal By Products Regulations
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Authorised Treatment
Facility
Compost Facility
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Technology – Anaerobic
Digestion
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Gas yield
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Uses of biogas
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Producer Obligations
Option 1• Segregated food waste collected by an authorised waste
collector and transferred to an authorised treatment facility
• Collector is not obliged to collect food waste where food waste has not been segregated in accordance with the Regulations
• Waste collector required to inform LA of persons refusing to avail of source segregated waste collection service (annually)
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Producer Obligations
Option 2
• Food waste transferred directly by the producer
to an authorised treatment facility
• Authorised to accept food waste
– EPA Licence or LA Waste Permit
– Licence from Department of Agriculture to
treat food waste
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Producer Obligations
Option 3
• On site treatment of food waste e.g.
appropriate in-vessel compost unit.
• Obtain waste authorisation in accordance with
Waste Management (Facility Permit and
Certificate of Registration) Regulations, 2007
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On Site Compost Units
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Use of Macerators
• The use of a macerator is NOTpermitted where a separate food waste collection service is available
• In any case, the use of a macerator is NOT permitted unless in accordance
with a Trade Effluent Discharge
Licence under the Local Government (Water Pollution) Act, 1977
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Who Will Enforce the
Regulations?
• South Tipperary County Council may require:
– A food waste management implementation
report once a year
– Annual Environmental Report for the previous
calendar year
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Facilities & Collectors in
South Tipperary
• 2 Compost facilities in South Tipperary
– Miltown Composting Systems, Rosegreen
authorised to accept food waste and have Department of Agriculture (DAFF) approval.
– OD Recycling, Ballyboe Ballypatrick, currently seeking approval from DAFF
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Facilities in the South
East
2 Composting Facilities in Carlow
• Waddocks and O’Toole’s Composting (DAFF
Approval)
1 Anaerobic Digester
• BEOFF’s Biogas Plant Ballytobin, Callan
Co.Kilkenny (DAFF Approval)
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In Summary
• All provisions of the Regulations come into
effect on 1 July 2010
• All producers must source segregate food
waste
• Source segregated food waste must be
transferred to an authorised treatment
process or alternatively treated on site
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Further information
www.southtippcoco.ie/environment
www.foodwaste.ie
www.agriculture.gov.ie/agrifoodindustry/animal
byproducts/frequentlyaskedquestionsfaqs.ie
www.cre.ie