The rules laid down in this Directive allow for waste management systems where the municipalities have the general responsibility for collecting municipal waste, for systems where such services are contracted out to private operators, or for any other type of allocation of responsibilities between public and private actors.
Leis na rialacha a leagtar síos sa Treoir seo tugtar cead do chórais bainistithe dramhaíola i gcás ina bhfuil freagracht ghinearálta ar bhardais as dramhaíl chathrach a bhailiú, do chórais ina ndéantar na seirbhísí sin a chur amach ar conradh chuig oibreoirí príobháideacha, agus do chineálacha eile leithdháilte freagrachta idir gníomhaithe poiblí agus príobháideacha.