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The [[Waste Framework Directive]] ([[WFD]]) 2008/98/EC sets out the basic principles and definitions related to waste management, such as definitions of [[Waste]], [[Recycling]] and [[Recovery]] etc. It explains when waste ceases to be waste and becomes a secondary raw material (so called [[End of Waste Criteria]]), and how to distinguish between waste and products. | The [[Waste Framework Directive]] ([[WFD]]) 2008/98/EC sets out the basic principles and definitions related to waste management, such as definitions of [[Waste]], [[Recycling]] and [[Recovery]] etc. It explains when waste ceases to be waste and becomes a secondary raw material (so called [[End of Waste Criteria]]), and how to distinguish between waste and products. | ||
The Directive lays down some basic waste management principles; it requires waste be managed without endangering human health and the environment, and without risk to water, air, soil, plants or animals, without causing a nuisance through noise or odours and without adversely affecting the countryside or places of interest. | The Directive lays down some basic waste management principles; it requires waste be managed without endangering human health and the environment, and without risk to water, air, soil, plants or animals, without causing a nuisance through noise or odours and without adversely affecting the countryside or places of interest. | ||
Most notably the ([[WFD]]) provides the definition of waste in Art 3(1) as [[Waste]] which is "any substance or object that the holder discards, intends to discard or is required to discard". | |||
The WFD introduced the [[Waste Hierarchy]] – the priority order by which all waste legislation and policies throughout the EU are managed. | The WFD introduced the [[Waste Hierarchy]] – the priority order by which all waste legislation and policies throughout the EU are managed. | ||