Meaning of waste

Meaning of waste

Waste legislation

The Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011, SI 2011/988 transposed the Waste Framework Directive 2008/98/EC (as amended in 2018) (WFD) into domestic law. Predecessor Directives were implemented through the various Acts and Regulations, including the following:

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the Environmental Protection Act 1990, particularly section 34 dealing with the ‘duty of care’ on those responsible for waste
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the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989 and the Controlled Waste (Registration of Carriers and Seizure of Vehicles) Regulations 1991, SI 1991/1624), dealing with the registration of waste carriers
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the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016, SI 2016/1154) (EPR 2016), dealing with permitting of waste disposal and recovery operations
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the Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005, SI 2005/894) and the Hazardous Waste (Wales) Regulations 2005, SI 2005/1806) (W.138), and Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations SI 2016/336) dealing with hazardous waste, and
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the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 and subordinate legislation made under those Acts, dealing with waste plans

Implementation of the relevant parts of the

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