| Title: |
Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste and repealing certain Directives (Waste Framework Directive)
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| Resource Type: |
document --> regulations
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| Country: |
European Union
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| Year: |
2008 |
| Availability: |
2005/0281 (COD) PE-CONS 3646/08, ENV 411, CODEC 871, Brussels, 2 October 2008
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| Author 1/Producer: |
European Commission
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| Author / Producer Type: |
Agency, regulator or other governmental or inter-governmental body
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| Format (e.g. PDF): |
PDF
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EUGRIS Keyword(s): |
Contaminated land-->policy and regulatory
Contaminated land-->Remediation options-->Recycling/reuse
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| Short description: |
Directive 2006/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2006 on
waste1 establishes the legislative framework for the handling of waste in the Community. It
defines key concepts such as waste, recovery and disposal and puts in place the essential
requirements for the management of waste, notably an obligation for an establishment or
undertaking carrying out waste management operations to have a permit or to be registered
and an obligation for the Member States to draw up waste management plans. It also
establishes major principles such as an obligation to handle waste in a way that does not
have a negative impact on the environment and human health, an encouragement to apply
the waste hierarchy and, in accordance with the polluter-pays principle, a requirement that
the costs of disposing of waste must be borne by the holder of waste, by previous holders
or by the producers of the product from which the waste came.
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Link to Organisation(s):
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EC European Commission
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Submitted By:
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Professor Paul Bardos WhoDoesWhat?
Last update: 04/12/2008
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