Paragraph 1 Criteria for acceptance of waste which apply to all kinds of landfillI1

Northern Ireland Not yet in force

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 1 para. 5(4)(c)(i) word substituted by Landfill 2007 reg. 6
Sch. 1 para. 5(1)(g) words added by Environment 2018 Sch. 1 para. 8(a)
Sch. 1 para. 18(1) words substituted by Environment 2018 Sch. 1 para. 8(b)
Sch. 1 para. 5(1)(g) words omitted by Environmental Protection 2019 Sch. 1 para. 4(3)
Sch. 1 para. 1 coming into force by Landfill 2003 reg. 1
Sch. 1 para. 2 coming into force by Landfill 2003 reg. 1
Sch. 1 para. 3 coming into force by Landfill 2003 reg. 1
Sch. 1 para. 4 coming into force by Landfill 2003 reg. 1
Sch. 1 substituted by Landfill 2004 Sch.
Sch. 1 para. 8(c) inserted by Landfill 2007 reg. 7
Sch. 1 para. 11 Table 3 words inserted by Landfill 2007 reg. 8
Sch. 1 para. 12(a) word deleted by Landfill 2007 reg. 9
Sch. 1 para. 14 substituted by Landfill 2007 reg. 10
Sch. 1 para. 17 substituted by Landfill 2007 reg. 11
Sch. 1 para. 19 substituted by Landfill 2007 reg. 12
Sch. 1 para. 20 substituted by Landfill 2007 reg. 13
Sch. 1 para. 16A inserted by Landfill 2013 reg. 3(3) Sch. 1

(1)

The following criteria shall apply to the acceptance of waste at any landfill.

(2)

Waste may only be accepted at a landfill where its acceptance would not –

(a)

result in unacceptable emissions to groundwater, surface water or the surrounding environment;

(b)

jeopardise environment protection systems (such as liners, leachate and gas collection and treatment systems) at the landfill;

(c)

put at risk waste stabilisation processes (such as degradation or wash out) within the landfill; or

(d)

endanger human health.

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