More Information on New Waste Management Laws

The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has published information online covering new and forthcoming changes to waste management legislation, including: the Landfill Directive; the Waste and Emissions Trading Bill; the End of Life Vehicle Directive; vehicle tyres; electrical and electronic equipment; and the Hazardous Waste Directive.

According to DEFRA, landfill space is running out and the UK's waste mountain will double by 2020, adding £1.6bn a year to waste disposal costs. Under the latest change - on 16 July 2003 - the Landfill Directive banned whole tyres from hazardous and new landfill sites.

www.defra.gov.uk/news/issues/2003/waste07a.asp
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