The Waste Management (Food Waste) Regulations 2009

Type de pratique Recycle

Nom de la pratique The Waste Management (Food Waste) Regulations 2009

Nom de l’acteur principal Irish Government

Type d’acteur(s) Services alimentaires

Pays Ireland

Etape de mise en œuvre Consommation

Année de mise en œuvre 2009

Opérations déjà accomplies/en cours Ireland’s Food Waste Regulations illustrate an exceptional case of how regulators can really take a leading role in driving a change in the business-as-usual practices of the food industry. The regulations promote the source segregation of food waste in order to facilitate the achievement of the EU Landfill Directive targets by directing food waste to composting and biogas plants rather than to incinerating plants. For example, Regulation 9 obliges food-related businesses that generate huge quantities of food waste, such as canteens, hotels, hospitals and supermarkets, making it compulsory for them to segregate food waste and make it available for separate collection and transfer to an authorized treatment process, provided that source-segregated collection is available.

Résultats et impacts It is important to highlight that the regulations exclude incineration from the definition of “authorized treatment process”, thus overcoming the lacuna of the EU Landfill Directive. Similar provisions can also be found under the Scottish and Welsh legislation.