| Directive |
Aims |
| Waste Framework Directive |
- To create the obligation for member states to produce
a waste management plan.
- To restrict the production of waste and to promote recycling
and reuse.
- To reduce the movements of waste.
- To establish a waste hierarchy to prioritise the treatment
of waste.
(Hull City Council & East Riding of Yorkshire Council,
2004; arc21, 2003)
|
| Landfill Directive |
- To reduce the amount of biodegradable waste going to landfill;
an estimated 30 – 70% of municipal waste is biodegradable
(McKibben, 2003; arc21, 2003).
- To ban the landfill of a number of potentially toxic hazardous
wastes such as tyres and clinical waste and also to ban
the disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous wastes together.
- To ensure the pre-treatment of wastes before landfilling.
(Hull City Council & East Riding of Yorkshire Council,
2004; arc21, 2003); EU, 1999)
|
Packaging and Packaging waste
Directive
|
- To prevent the production of packaging waste.
- To promote the reuse, recycling and recovery of packaging
waste.
(Hull City Council & East Riding of Yorkshire Council,
2004; arc21, 2003) |
| Municiple Waste Incineration Directives |
- To set emission standards for incinerators to comply with.
(Hull City Council & East Riding of Yorkshire Council,
2004) |
| Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive |
- To ban the dumping of sewage sludge at sea and to raise
sewage treatment standards.
(Hull City Council & East Riding of Yorkshire Council,
2004)
|
| End of Life Vehicles Directive |
- To encourage the reuse and recycling of vehicle components
and materials, aiming for 85% recycling by weight in the
year 2015.
- To regulate by licensing the trade in vehicle scrap.
(arc21, 2003) |