Government Decree concerning the recovery of certain wastes in earth construction (No. 591 of 2006). Country/Territory Finland Document type Regulation Date 2006 (2009) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Waste disposal Recycling/reuse Soil pollution/quality EIA Data collection/reporting Waste management Geographical area Arctic, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract This Decree, made under sections 12 and 30 of the Environmental Protection Act and sections 6 and 18 of the Waste Act, provides rules for the institutional or commercial recovery of wastes, as referred to in Annex 1, for specified earth construction purposes. The objective of this Decree is to promote the recovery of wastes by determining the preconditions as the result of which, if met, no environmental permit in accordance with the Environmental Protection Act will be needed for use in earth construction from waste referred to in this Decree. Waste recovery is permitted without an environmental permit as referred to in section 28, subsection 2, paragraph 4 of the Environmental Protection Act, if waste quality control and recovery is arranged and notification is made of the activities in order to facilitate entry in an environmental protection database. Full text English/Swedish Website www.finlex.fi References - Legislation Repealed by Government Decree on the Recovery of Certain Wastes in Earth Construction (843/2017) Legislation | Finland | 2017 Keyword: Waste disposal, Recycling/reuse, Soil pollution/quality, EIA, Data collection/reporting, Waste management, Freshwater pollution, Groundwater, Pollution control Source: FAO, FAOLEX