Council Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste

Made: 26-04-1999 | Laid: 26-04-1999 | Forced: 26-04-1999

Overview


The aim of this Directive is, by way of stringent operational and technical requirements on the waste and landfills, to provide for measures, procedures and guidance to prevent or reduce as far as possible negative effects on the environment, in particular the pollution of surface water, groundwater, soil and air, and on the global environment, including the greenhouse effect, as well as any resulting risk to human health, from landfilling of waste, during the whole life-cycle of the landfill.

Furthermore, each landfill shall be classified in one of the following classes:

  • landfill for hazardous waste,
  • landfill for non-hazardous waste,
  • landfill for inert waste.

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