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Waste Act (No. 1415 of 2011).

Country
Type of law
Legislation
Source

Abstract
The Act covers the management of waste not regulated by other legislations such as classification of waste, planning of waste regulations on waste, arrangements for waste, data on waste charges for waste, use of waste systems, labeling of wastes, authorized waste , review of waste, approval and registration of waste treatment plants, collection of waste and benchmarking of waste treatment plants. The Act does not include the handling and planning of residues from gas cleaning in power plants based on fossil fuels like coal, oil and natural gas.
The Act consists of 21 Chapters: Scope and purpose (1); Definitions (2); Classification (3); Planning (4); Regulations of duty (5); Systems (6); Burning of waste (7); Landfilling of waste (8); Benchmarking of waste incineration and landfilling (9); Special rules on hazardous waste from businesses (10); Principles of the municipal council's decision and collection of fees (11); The National Regulations Database (12); Reporting of data on waste (13); Commercial suitable for material recovery (14); Waste Register (15); Information (16); Municipal treatment plants (17); Monitoring (18); Administrative provisions (19); Penalty (20); Entry into force and transitional provisions (21).
The Act includes 11 Appendix: Contents of Waste Order (1); List of wastes pursuant to 2 paragraph. 1 (2); Information to be reported for benchmarking, see 51 paragraph. 1 (3); Properties and percentage thresholds that make waste hazardous (4); Reporting of data on waste, see Chapter 13 (5); Forms and methods of disposal, see 3, No. 15 (6A); Forms and methods of recovery, see 3, No. 41 (6B); Exemption from waste fees - industry codes, see 65 paragraph. 1 (7); Exemption from waste fees - business forms, see 65 paragraph. 2 (8); Standard rules for household waste (9); Standard rules for commercial waste (10); Industry Codes including builders and landscape gardeners, see 63 paragraph. 4 (11).
Date of text
Entry into force notes
01 January 2012. N.B. - 79 paragraph. 5, No. 2, and 82 paragraph. 2 shall not come into force until 01 July 2012.
Repealed
Yes
Source language

English

Legislation status
repealed
Legislation Amendment
No
Original title
Bekendtg relse om affald.
Repealed by