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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-landfill-england-and-wales-regulations-2002/regulation-7",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2002/0110395905",
  "legislation_title": "The Landfill (England and Wales) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-landfill-england-and-wales-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Classification of landfills",
  "text": "(1) Before granting a landfill permit, the Environment Agency shall classify the landfill—\n(a) as a landfill for hazardous waste;\n(b) as a landfill for non-hazardous waste; or\n(c) as a landfill for inert waste,\nand shall ensure that the classification is stated in the landfill permit.\n(2) Hazardous waste means any waste as defined in Article 1(4) of Directive 91/689/EEC (hazardous waste).\n(3) Non-hazardous waste is waste which is not hazardous waste.\n(4) Waste is inert waste if—\n(a) it does not undergo any significant physical, chemical or biological transformations;\n(b) it does not dissolve, burn or otherwise physically or chemically react, biodegrade or adversely affect other matter with which it comes into contact in a way likely to give rise to environmental pollution or harm to human health; and\n(c) its total leachability and pollutant content and the ecotoxicity of its leachate are insignificant and, in particular, do not endanger the quality of any surface water or groundwater.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No. L377, 31.12.91, p.20 as amended by Council Directive 94/31/EC (OJ L168, 2.7.1994, p.28)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2002/0110395905/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:26:13.434889+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}