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The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007, [1] which originally came into effect at the end of August 1997 [2] in Great Britain and in 1999 in Northern Ireland, [3] was the first producer responsibility legislation in the UK. The Packaging Waste Regulations work on the principle of Collective Producer ...
Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011, [12] as amended in 2012, [13] transposing the Waste Framework Directive into UK law; Waste Management Licensing Regulations; UK waste management facilities register for one or more of 28 standard permits, may opt for an exemption from licensing or complete a bespoke permit. Persons or organisations ...
Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994 This page was last edited on 11 April 2016, at 18:25 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
The Site Waste Management Plans Regulations were repealed by government on 1 December 2013 following a consultation exercise, as part of the Government's initiative to reduce red tape. They applied to all projects with a value of £300,000 or more, excluding VAT , with additional updating requirements for projects with a value of £500,000 or more.
The Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994 (SI 1994/1056) formerly applied in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) to those persons involved in the collection, storage, treatment and disposal of controlled wastes. The regulations dictate the licensing of persons or businesses involved in the management of waste and relate directly ...
In the UK, all businesses and other organisations have a legal duty of care over the waste they generate. This legal responsibility was introduced in the groundbreaking Environmental Protection Act (EPA) 1990 [6] and was recently amended by the Environment Act (EA) 2021 [7] to provide more clarity in definitions and expand responsibilities.
It also aims to promote a more sustainable approach to waste management by providing an incentive to dispose of less waste and to recover more value from waste through recycling. All waste is taxed at £80.00 per tonne (as of April 2014), except for the following lower risk wastes where the tax is £2.50 per tonne:
Long title: An Act to make provision for the improved control of pollution arising from certain industrial and other processes; to re-enact the provisions of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 relating to waste on land with modifications as respects the functions of the regulatory and other authorities concerned in the collection and disposal of waste and to make further provision in relation ...