# The Landfill (England and Wales) Regulations 2002 (revoked) S.I. 2002/1559 · made 13 June 2002 · revised to 6 April 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/landfill-england-and-wales-regulations-2002-revoked/pdf/uksi_20021559_en.pdf ## Introductory text ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENGLAND AND WALES Made 13th June 2002 Coming into force for the purpose of regulation 19(1) 31st August 2002 for all other purposes 15th June 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part I: Preliminary ## 1 Citation, commencement and extent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Application of regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Cases where regulations do not apply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Extension of categories of landfill subject to the 2000 Regulations etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part II: Landfill Permits ## 7 Classification of landfills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Conditions to be included in landfill permits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Prohibition of acceptance of certain wastes at landfills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Waste which may be accepted in the different classes of landfill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Costs of disposal of waste in landfills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Waste acceptance procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Initial site inspections by Environment Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Control and monitoring of operational landfill sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Closure and after-care procedures for landfills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Closure Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part III: Miscellaneous ## 17 Offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Transitional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF WASTE AT LANDFILLS ### Part 1: GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF WASTE AT LANDFILLS ## 1 General principles for the acceptance of waste at all kinds of landfill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Additional general principles for the acceptance of waste at landfills for hazardous waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Additional general principles for the acceptance of waste at landfills for non-hazardous waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: PROCEDURE FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF WASTE AT LANDFILLS ## 4 Interpretation of Part 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Basic characterisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Compliance testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Wastes accepted without testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 3: WASTE ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA ## 8 Interpretation of Part 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Criteria for landfills for inert waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Wastes acceptable without testing at landfills for inert waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Limit values for waste acceptable at landfills for inert waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Criteria for landfills for non-hazardous waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Wastes acceptable without testing at landfills for non-hazardous waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Criteria for stable non-reactive hazardous waste and non-hazardous waste deposited in the same cell with such waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Criteria relating to gypsum based waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Criteria for asbestos waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Criteria for waste acceptable at landfills for hazardous waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Criteria for underground storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 4: SAMPLING AND TEST METHODS ## 19 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Sampling and testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR LANDFILLS ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3: MINIMUM MONITORING PROCEDURES FOR LANDFILLS ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4: TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS ## 1 Existing landfills : transitional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5: AMENDMENTS TO OTHER SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION ### Part: Further amendment of the 2000 Regulations ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part: The Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994 ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1559 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/landfill-england-and-wales-regulations-2002-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.