EC wants the U. K. to stop codisposal of waste
The European Commission (Brussels) should complete amendments to its proposals for a landfill directive by the end of the month. The most significant amendment, to ban codisposal of industrial and domestic waste, will affect only the U.K., the one European Community (EC) country that permits the practice. The commission will give the U.K. five years grace to find alternative disposal routes once the directive comes into force. However, it may be some time before the directive is implemented; it still has to be debated by the European Council of Ministers, and it has not been prioritized by the current Danish presidency of the EC. The proposed landfill directive, part of the framework directive covering waste disposal, will stipulate that dangerous substances will have to be discarded in category I sites, which have to meet certain standards. Meanwhile, the U.K. National Association of Waste Disposal contractors (NAWDC; London) says it will continue to lobby against the amendment. Out of 100 million m.t./year of industrial waste landfilled in the U.K., 2.8 million m.t. is codisposed in roughly 300 sites. The association's policy director, Steve Webb, says landfill operators in other EC countries ignore legislation and dispose of industrial and domestic wastes together.
- OSTI ID:
- 6677223
- Journal Information:
- Chemical Week; (United States), Journal Name: Chemical Week; (United States) Vol. 152:8; ISSN CHWKA9; ISSN 0009-272X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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