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2.8.2. Requirements. The PfG contains a commitment to examine the establishment of producer responsibility for construction and demolition projects over a certain threshold. In addition, it also requires that these arrangements would be reinforced through compliance bonds. We require recommendations regarding the categories of waste material that ought to be included and the manner in which a producer responsibility system could operate successfully within the construction and demolition waste sector. We also require an analysis of how a system of compliance bonds could operate successfully. Recommendations for future changes in this area should be supported by details setting out the necessary regulatory regime, operational requirements, self-compliance issues, information and awareness requirements and other relevant issues. 2.9. Emerging Alternative Technologies and New Approaches. This review should generally consider, as part of the context for the review, the use of all new or emerging alternative technologies, which could potentially be employed: - - to support the recovery of PRI waste from the municipal waste stream, - to contribute towards the reduction of Waste within the PRI Initiative, - to increase the recovery rate for PRI waste generally. - to ensure the environmentally sound treatment and management of residual waste and hazardous waste in the PRI waste streams, and The Review should also consider- further measures to enhance the prevention and minimisation of PRI waste and to encourage the preparation for reuse of recovered PRI waste resources; further measures which could be undertaken to support the development of indigenous reprocessing capacity for PRI waste; potential new PRI waste/resource management processes / business models; the desirability of further producer responsibility schemes; measures to promote potential new technologies and techniques; potential regulation and legislation, including - - Producer Responsibility/Product Stewardship, - Extended Producer Responsibility including measures required for implementation, - Green public procurement or similar measures to promote stable markets and demand for reusable and recycled products and associated services, - Mandatory annual reporting on resource use and waste production; 2.10. Compliance schemes. 2.10.1. Introduction. As set out in Section 1 above, there are a number of issues which are impacting on the environment in which the Producer Responsibility Initiative model in Ireland operates. One of the cornerstones of this initiative in Ireland has been the introduction of compliance schemes. These schemes, which have been established by producers to process end-of - life environmental obligations, currently operate in a number of waste streams in Ireland. The Department recognises that a fundamental review of the operation of the compliance schemes in Ireland is an integral part of this overall review. Accordingly, in addition to the specific issues identified in sections 2.1 – 2.9, we require a more general examination of these schemes across a number of headings set out below. 20
2.10.2. Competition. A central focus of the current Programme for Government is to create jobs and improve the competitive environment for business in Ireland. Accordingly, there is a need to ensure that the optimal competitive environment is provided for compliances schemes. Therefore, an examination across all of the waste streams is required as to whether the current arrangements are inhibiting competition and if so, recommendations should be provided as to how this situation can be improved. In terms of ensuring competition among compliance schemes, and in particular lowest compliance costs for businesses consistent with the achievement of the environmental outcomes required, recommendations are also required on the optimum numbers of compliance schemes that could maximise operational efficiencies in each waste stream. In analysing the overall nature of the competitive aspects of the market for compliance schemes, it will be necessary, as set out above, to review the existing geographic division for the collection of WEEE and batteries and to suggest possible new ways to open up the market to multiple compliance schemes operating within a given waste stream. Given the overall national imperative to improve competitiveness, a benchmarking of the costs incurred by producers in Ireland is required against those of other European Member States in respect of the individual waste streams which are subject to producer responsibility. This benchmarking exercise should also include a breakdown and analysis of the cost base of Irish compliance schemes against their European counterparts plus an analysis of the costs incurred for the actual recycling of the waste. 2.10.3. Corporate Governance. It is recognised that the compliance schemes which operate in Ireland are unusual in that they operate in commercial markets but are not-for-profit organisations. While this might be a unique model within the EU, we require these compliance schemes to operate to the highest standards of corporate governance. In recommending a code of corporate governance, best national and international practice should be examined, both in terms of the organisations themselves and their relationship with DECLG e.g. should service level agreements or contracts be put in place to manage the performance of these schemes; what sanctions should be considered for under-performance In the final analysis, it is proposed that the level of responsibility resting with producers will be examined, as will mechanisms for applying appropriate financial penalties, where it has been clearly demonstrated that a scheme has breached any of the conditions of its approval, including failure to meet agreed performance targets. 2.10.4. Interrelationship between compliance schemes. The Department has seen an increasing level of enquiries by companies who wish to seek to operate as compliance schemes. Given this trend, where we might have multiple compliance schemes operating in various waste streams in the future, it is essential to examine the appropriate levels of cooperation which need to exist between schemes in various areas. Should specific requirements be inserted into a compliance schemes approval, for example, which would oblige the compliance scheme, to actively communicate and co-operate with other approved bodies on issues The intention here, by using increased and enhanced co-operation, is to avoid duplication, reduce costs and explore synergies between schemes. Also, given the possibility of multiple schemes, recommendations should be provided around a dispute resolution mechanism which could be used for settling disputes between compliance schemes. The aim of the dispute resolution protocol should be to settle any disputes at the lowest possible level between the organisations. 21
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