Waste legislation

EU legislation relating to the waste have been collected together to give an overview of laws guiding the sector on a Europe wide scale.

Basel Convention on the control of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and their disposal

Batteries and accumulators

Controlled management of hazardous waste

Disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polychlorinated terphenyls (PCTs)

Disposal of titanium dioxide industrial waste

Disposal of waste oil

End-of-life vehicles

Environmental Impact Assessment

Framework Directive on waste disposal

Incineration of hazardous waste

Landfill of waste

Packaging and packaging waste

Prevention of air pollution from new municipal waste incineration plants.

Reduction of pollution caused by waste from the titanium dioxide industry

Reduction of pollution from existing municipal waste-incineration plants.

Restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment

Set of Community rules on waste disposal

Strategic Environmental Assessment

Supervision and control of shipments of waste within, into and out of the European Community

Surveillance and monitoring of titanium dioxide waste

The supervision and control of shipments of waste within, into and out of the European Community

Waste electrical and electronic equipment.

Waste incineration