Legislation

This part of The Waste Place is designed to keep you up-to-date with the latest news and legislation relating to the waste management industry. Please click on the links below to take you to the relevant items of interest.

Health Protection Agency – Impact on Health of Emissions from Landfill Sites ( July 2011)

Landfill site

This report by the Health Protection Agency looks at research into suggested links between emissions from landfill sites, and effects on health. The HPA concludes that there is no new evidence to change the previous advice that living close to a well-managed landfill site does not pose a significant risk to human health. You can read the report in full here.

The Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011

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Waste hierachy

Published by the Government, these regulations require businesses to confirm they have applied the waste management hierarchy – prevention, preparing for use, recycling, recovery, disposal – when transferring waste and include a declaration on their waste transfer note or consignment note. The regulations also introduce a two-tier system for waste carrier and broker registration, including a new concept of a waste dealer, make amendments to hazardous waste controls and exclude some categories of waste from waste controls. The legislation can be read in full here.

The Red Tape Challenge – Environment Theme

The environment

Environmental regulations will be made simpler and more effective while remaining as strong as ever following a review of red tape by the Government.

Simpler and smarter envirnment regulations will provide savings to businesses of more than £1billion over five years and protect the environment by being cheaper and easier for companies to follow while enforcement will be targeted at companies that are not abiding by the rules. The full proposals can be viewed here.