It is the duty of every District Council and the Department to keep roads for which they are respectively responsible clear of litter. An equivalent duty applies to occupiers of relevant land, the governing bodies of educational institutions, or designated statutory undertakers and State authorities. Councils and the Department must keep the roads for which […]
The Litter (NI) Order 2004 regulates and controls litter and similar environmental pollution. It creates a number of offences. It creates statutory obligations. It provides a number of other powers and measures to reduce and manage litter. It is an offence for a person to throw down, drop, or deposit into or from any place […]
Producer Responsibility For the purpose of promoting or securing an increase in the reuse, recovery, or recycling of products and materials, the Department may make regulations imposing responsibility on producers, in respect of products and materials, as may be prescribed. Legislation is the Producer Responsibility Obligations (NI) Order 1998. The power to make regulations is […]