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Order No. 1309 on Waste.

Country
Type of law
Regulation
Source

Abstract
The Order applies to the management of commercial and household waste such as classification thereof (hazardous, suited for incineration, for landfills, for recycling, for disposal or other recovery, etc.), planning of waste regulations, data on waste charges, use of waste systems, labeling, approval and registration of waste treatment plants. The Order does not include management of residues from gas cleaning in power plants and based on fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas). However, it sets regulations with regard to the sorting of different sources (natural stone, unglazed wall and roof tiles, concrete, iron products, soil, asphalt and mixtures thereof). The local council establishes whether ships of 1 500 tons light weight are considered waste and whether to be classified as hazardous waste. The municipal council shall prepare and adopt a 12-years municipal level waste management which will be subject to revision every 6 years. Waste production may not be diluted or mixed, neither may contain explosive substances, with the aim of meeting conditions for the delivery of waste for landfills. Fees for the planning and administration of waste shall be electronically publicized by the municipal council.
The Order consists of 20 Chapters and 11 Appendices: Scope (1); Definitions (2); Classification (3); Municipal waste - waste hierarchy (4); Municipal waste planning (5); Municipal waste regulations (6); Municipal waste systems (7); Principles for local council's assessment and collection of fees (8); Landfill (9); Commercial waste and source separated industrial waste suitable for material recovery (10); Specific rules on hazardous waste from businesses (11); Information on management of industrial waste (12); Special rules for private and professional developers' identification of PCB in buildings and plants, and review of waste (13); Municipal treatment plants (14); Benchmarking of waste and landfills (15); The national regulations database (16); Supervision (17); Administrative rules (18); Penalties (19); Entry into force and transitional provisions (20).
Appendix 1 - Table of Contents for waste tender.
Appendix 2 - List of waste (art. 2, section 1).
Appendix 3 - Information to be reported for benchmarking (art. 88, section 1).
Appendix 4 - Features and percentage limits of hazardous waste.
Appendix 5A - forms and methods of disposal (art. 3, No. 14).
Appendix 5B - Forms and methods of recovery (art. 3, No. 4).
Appendix 6 - Standard regulations for waste in accordance to article 19, section 3.
Appendix 7 - Standard regulations for industrial waste (article 19, section 3).
Appendix 8 - Exemption from waste fees - industry codes.
Appendix 9 - Exemption from waste fees - business forms (article 60, section 2).
Appendix 10 - Industry codes including builders and landscapers (article 58, section 4).
Appendix 11 - Screening table for PCB.
Topics
Chemicals and Waste
Date of text
Entry into force notes
Entry into force on 1 January 2013.
Notes
The municipal council shall adopt the first waste management plan in accordance to this Order by 1 January 2014. The plan shall apply for period 2014-2018 covering the period 2014-2024.Implementing Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives Text with EEA relevance, and Directive 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on services in the internal market.
Repealed
No
Source language

English

Legislation status
in force
Legislation Amendment
No
Original title
Bekendtg relse om affald.
Toolkit legislation
Pollution
Regulatory Approach
Plastic toolkit tags
Domestic waste, Hazardous waste, Labelling, Recycling, Waste disposal, Waste management
Amended by
Repeals