Framework environmental management plan

Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste sets out stringent operational and technical requirements on waste and landfills, so as to prevent or reduce the negative effects on the environment. Landfills must be categorized into one of three classes: for hazardous waste, for non-hazardous waste and for inert material. Only waste (other than inert waste) that has been subject to treatment may be landfilled. Only hazardous waste that fulfils the relevant waste acceptance criteria set out in Annex II may be accepted by a hazardous waste landfill. A non-hazardous waste landfill may be used for municipal waste, non-hazardous waste of any other origin that meets the relevant waste acceptance criteria set out in Annex II, and for stable non-reactive hazardous waste, but exclusively on the basis of a laboratory test report confirming the non-hazardous nature of the waste, with the exception of municipal waste from this requirement. Inert waste landfills may only be used for inert waste.
Certain types of waste may not be landfilled, these include:

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  Liquid waste
  
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  Waste which, in the conditions of the landfill, is explosive, corrosive, oxidizing, highly flammable or flammable
  
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  Hospital and other clinical wastes arising from medical or veterinary establishments, which are infectious or which are non-identified or new chemical substances from research and developing or teaching activities
  
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  Tires, subject to certain exceptions
  
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  Any other types of waste not fulfilling the waste acceptance criteria provided under Decision 2003/33/EC.
  

The landfill must hold a landfill permit which includes conditions on the operation of the landfill, including post-closure monitoring requirements. Waste acceptance procedures are established, as well as control and monitoring procedures.