Background
The legislation regarding waste is complex and ever changing. To help waste producers and processors to navigate through the regulations and keep up to date, the Environment Agency has created NetRegs, a website aiming to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK to understand the complex environmental regulations that can affect them. The site provides guidance on how to comply with environmental law, including waste legislation, as well as advice on good environmental practice.
To put the Waste Management Regulations into context, this section offers an overview of the regulations affecting waste, from the European Directives to the legislation valid in England and Wales, as at December 2008.
- Definition of Waste: what is waste and when it is considered recovered.
- European Legislation: the European legislative context
- Key Regulations: an overview of the main regulations on waste for England and Wales
- Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 a summary of the changes introduced by the new Regulations
- Regulation of Landfills guidance on waste destined to landfill
- Waste Acceptance Procedures: assessment procedures to guarantee the safe disposal of waste to landfill
- Landfill tax: current rates and exemptions
- Forthcoming Legislation: consultations on new Regulations coming into force
