Paragraph 2 Additional criteria for acceptance of waste at landfills for hazardous waste

Waste may only be accepted at a landfill for hazardous waste if–

(a)

it is listed on the Hazardous Waste List of the European Waste Catalogue^f1 or has similar characteristics to those so listed; and

(b)

its total content or leachability–

(i)

does not present a short term occupational risk or an environmental risk; and

(ii)

would not prevent the stabilisation of the landfill within its projected lifetime taking account of its after care period following closure.

Annotations

f1: Council Decision 2000/532/EC (O.J. L 226, 6.9.2000 p.3) as amended by Council Decisions 2001/118/EC (O.J. L 47, 16.2.2001, p.32) and 2001/119/EC (O.J. L 203, 28.7.2001, p.18).