What is the Reverse Register?

Section 34C of the Waste Management Act, 1996 (as amended), empowers local authorities to establish a register, often referred to as a "reverse register". This register helps Roscommon County Council to identify households and commercial premises where waste collection or disposal might be non-compliant with the Act, ensuring proper waste management practices. Relevant persons, including waste collectors and facility operators, can be required to provide information for the register.

Roscommon County Council has introduced this register of households and commercial premises availing of a waste collection service, pursuant to Section 34C of the Waste Management Act, 1996 (as amended). The reverse register is a tool for local authorities to monitor and ensure compliance with waste management regulations, particularly regarding households and commercial premises that do not have a waste collection service.

Roscommon County Council introduced Waste Presentation Bye-Laws on 1st November 2019. The key objectives of the byelaws are:

• To encourage households and commercial premises to manage their waste in an environmentally responsible manner.
• To promote better segregation of household and commercial waste.
• To ensure only authorised waste collectors are used to dispose of waste.
• To reduce illegal dumping and backyard burning of waste.

Why have a Reverse Register?

The key aim is to encourage and educate individuals to make the right choices regarding their waste and to participate in an authorised waste collection service.

Illegal dumping and burning of waste is not only unsightly but also causes significant harm to the environment and public health.

What next?

Roscommon County Council is requesting information from households and commercial premises identified as not currently participating in a waste collection service (i.e. listed on the reverse register). This is to verify that you have a waste collection service and are complying with the bye-laws. Waste Presentation Bye-Laws require all households and commercial premises to comply using one of the following options:

• Have an active account with an authorised waste collector for the provision of bins to allow for kerbside collection of your household waste.
• Bring your segregated household waste to an authorised site that accepts it. Receipts as proof of this are required to be maintained.
• Bin-Sharing. Two households come together to share the same bins and waste account. A bin sharing agreement must be in place signed by both parties.

If you do not currently have a contract with an authorised waste collector, Roscommon County Council requests that you complete a self-declaration form

What if I don’t comply?

Where householders do not engage in the process, directions and fixed payment notices will be used by Roscommon County Council to encourage all householders to comply with the Waste Presentation Bye-Laws. 

If you fail to comply with any of the requirements of the Bye-Laws it may result in a Fixed Penalty Notice (Maximum €75) being issued by Roscommon County Council.

 It may also lead to a fine on conviction of up to €2,500.

OUR INSPECTORS ARE CURRENTLY MONITORING YOUR AREA. AVOID A FINE BY STAYING WASTE COMPLIANT.

Your data will be stored and processed in line with Roscommon County Council’s Data Protection Guidelines under GDPR.