B3.7 EU Waste Legislation

We get through 500,000 tonnes of cans per year. That equals 12 billion cans every year, 600 per home. Only 25% of these are currently recycled.

In this section we shall look at:

Waste Framework Directive
Hazardous Waste Directive
Shipments of Waste Regulation
Landfill Directive
Incineration Directive
Directive 2000/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2000 on port reception facilities for ship-generated waste and cargo residues
Directives on Specific Waste Streams