Synopsis
These regulations established a new process for the notification, granting and administration of end-of-waste decisions in Ireland.
The end-of-waste process reclassifies waste materials as a secondary resource, removing them from waste controls and aiming to facilitate re-use.
Summary
The Waste Management Act 1996 (End-of-Waste) Regulations 2024 establish a process for the notification, granting and administration of end-of-waste decisions. This legislation came into force on 29 November 2024.
These regulations aim to discharge commitments to streamline and improve the end-of-waste decision process under the Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy.
This legislation applies in the Republic of Ireland only.
What has changed?
The end-of-waste process reclassifies waste materials as a secondary resource, removing them from waste controls and aiming to permit re-use.
The Waste Management Act 1996 (End-of-Waste) Regulations 2024 establish a process to notify The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of intended end-of-waste materials. This will be delivered via a form, requiring information such as quality and technical criteria, a risk assessment and evidence that the substance or object can comply with proposed pollutant limits, if applicable.
A fee is payable to the EPA for end-of-waste notifications. Fee rates are stated in the Schedule.
Rules are established for the EPA’s consideration of end-of-waste notifications and how single-case or national decisions will be made. The EPA is required to maintain an end-of-waste register, holding details of decisions. End-of-waste registrations may also be transferred or reviewed.
Registered producers utilising end-of-waste decisions are required to report information stated in Regulation 13 for each calendar year. The first report is required by 29 November 2025 and subsequent reports will be due by 31 March in each following year.
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