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[[Category:Tonnage & Waste Types]] [[Category:Legislation & Policy]] | [[Category:Tonnage & Waste Types]] [[Category:Legislation & Policy]] | ||
Waste cannot be disposed of at a [[Landfill]] unless it meets the relevant Waste Acceptance Criteria for the specific type of [[Landfill]] appropriate for the waste type. The | Waste cannot be disposed of at a [[Landfill]] unless it meets the relevant [[Waste Acceptance Criteria]] ([[WAC]]) for the specific type of [[Landfill]] appropriate for the waste type. The limits have been derived by modelling the impacts of a typical [[Landfill]] on groundwater and are thus aimed at avoiding groundwater pollution<ref name="foo">Defra, 2010. [https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/69347/pb13563-landfill-directive-100322.pdf Environmental Permitting Guidance: The Landfill Directive for the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010. London: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs], p.7.</ref>. | ||
== Introduction == | == Introduction == | ||
EU Council Decision 2003/33/EC establishing criteria for the acceptance of waste at landfill specifies waste acceptance criteria for [[Inert Waste|Inert]], [[Non-Hazardous Waste|non-hazardous]] and [[Hazardous Waste|hazardous waste]]. These are<ref>Waste Acceptance at Landfills, Environment Agency</ref>: | EU Council Decision 2003/33/EC establishing criteria for the acceptance of waste at landfill specifies waste acceptance criteria for [[Inert Waste|Inert]], [[Non-Hazardous Waste|non-hazardous]] and [[Hazardous Waste|hazardous waste]]. These are<ref>Waste Acceptance at Landfills, Environment Agency</ref>: | ||
* a list of wastes | * a list of wastes which may be accepted at a landfill for [[Inert Waste|inert waste]] without testing; | ||
*limits on the leachability of certain parameters; and | *limits on the leachability of certain parameters; and | ||
*limits on the organic waste. | *limits on the organic waste. |