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Landfill law in EU
RELEVANT LEGISLATION
- Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste
- 2003/33/EC: Council Decision of 19 December 2002 establishing criteria and procedures for the
acceptance of waste at landfills pursuant to Article 16 of and Annex II to Directive 1999/31/EC
Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste ...
... defines the different categories of waste (municipal waste, hazardous waste, non-hazardous waste and
inert waste) and applies to all landfills, defined as waste disposal sites for the deposit of waste
onto or into land. Landfills are divided into three classes:
- landfills for hazardous waste
- landfills for non-hazardous waste
- landfills for inert
... standard waste acceptance procedure is laid down so as to avoid any risks:
- waste must be treated before being landfilled
- hazardous waste within the meaning of the Directive must be assigned to a hazardous waste landfill
- landfills for non-hazardous waste must be used for municipal waste and for non-hazardous waste
- landfill sites for inert waste must be used only for inert waste
- criteria for the acceptance of waste at each landfill class must be adopted by the Commission in accordance with the general principles of Annex II.
The following wastes may not be accepted in a landfill:
- liquid waste
- flammable waste
- explosive or oxidising waste
- hospital and other clinical waste which is infectious
- used tyres, with certain exceptions
- any other type of waste which does not meet the acceptance criteria laid down in Annex II.
- The Directive sets up a system of operating permits for landfill sites.
- Member States must ensure that existing landfill sites may not continue to operate unless they comply with the provisions of the Directive as soon as possible.
- Member States must report to the Commission every three years on the implementation of the Directive.
- Should have been implemented by April 2001
- Only non hazardous treated waste can enter a non hazardous waste landfill
- Treatment means the physical, thermal, chemical or biological processes, including sorting that change the characteristics of the waste in order to reduce its volume or hazardous nature, facilitate its handling or enhance recovery
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