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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-landfill-england-and-wales-regulations-2002/schedule-1/paragraph-1",
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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": "schedule/1/paragraph/1",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Criteria for acceptance of waste which apply to all kinds of landfill",
  "text": "(1) The following criteria shall apply to the acceptance of waste at any landfill.\n(2) Waste may only be accepted at a landfill where its acceptance would not—\n(a) result in unacceptable emissions to groundwater, surface water or the surrounding environment;\n(b) jeopardise environment protection systems (such as liners, leachate and gas collection and treatment systems) at the landfill;\n(c) put at risk waste stabilisation processes (such as degradation or wash out) within the landfill; or\n(d) endanger human health.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2002/0110395905/schedule/1/paragraph/1",
    "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."
}