Waste Acceptance Criteria: Difference between revisions

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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 Acceptance Criteria (WAC) are~~ limits ~~that~~ 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>.

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 ==

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 [[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 Acceptance Criteria (WAC) are limits that 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>.
+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 ==