Overview

What all the new Directives and Regulations mean and how to ensure you comply with your statutory duties? This new report explains all the most recent changes to waste policy and legislation and what you need to do in practice. Are you totally clear about: what you need to do to comply with the regulations? This valuable new report explains what all the new legislation, directives and regulations mean in practice and what you need to do to stay within the law. Recent far-reaching changes to the law and practice affect everyone - commerce and industry, central and local government, householders. This report is written for officers and managers in both the public and private sectors responsible for: waste management; environmental management; pollution management; and contaminated land management.

Full Product Details

Author:   Caroline Hand
Publisher:   Thorogood
Imprint:   Thorogood
Dimensions:   Width: 22.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 29.40cm
Weight:   0.857kg
ISBN:  

9781854183675

ISBN 10:   1854183672
Pages:   103
Publication Date:   02 January 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

1. Policy framework; Principles of environmental and waste legislation; UK policy; Achieving the objectives; 2. Overview of waste regulation; Definition of waste; Permitting and licensing of waste facilities; Duty of care and fly-tipping; Other recent legislation with relevance to waste; 3. Hazardous waste; Hazardous waste arisings; What is hazardous waste?; Duties under the hazardous waste regulations; 4. Landfill regulations and their impact; Overview of the landfill directive; The co-disposal ban and the 'hazardous waste crisis'; Waste acceptance criteria (WAC); Technical details of the WAC; Characterisation, testing and sampling (WAP); 5. Producer responsibility; General principles; Packaging; End-of-life vehicles; Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE); 6. Local authorities and municipal waste; Local authority responsibilities; Local authorities and the landfill directive; Landfill allowances and trading schemes (LATS); Implication of landfill diversion targets; Changes to planning principles.

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Caroline Hand is a writer and lecturer on environmental legislation and policy, specialising in waste management. She is Consultant Editor of Croner's Waste Management information service and has been responsible for providing the quarterly updates since 1992. Together with Jeff Cooper of the Environment Agency, she also gives regular seminars on waste management for Croner Training. Her previous responsibilities include two years as Specialist Assistant to the House of Commons Environment Committee.

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