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Landfill Ordinance.

Country/Territory
Germany
Document type
Regulation
Date
2009 (2016)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
Ordinance on landfill sites and long-term storage facilities.
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Waste disposal Waste management Waste non-domestic sources Hazardous waste Transport/storage
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe
Abstract

The present Ordinance lays down provisions relating to long-term storage of waste. This Ordinance applies to: 1) the construction, operation, closure and aftercare of landfill sites; 2) the treatment of wastes for the purposes of deposition in landfill sites and their deployment as landfill replacement construction material; 3) the deposition of wastes on landfill sites; 4) the deployment of wastes as, and for the production of, landfill replacement construction material; 5) the construction, operation, closure and aftercare of long-term storage facilities, and 6) the storage of wastes in long-term storage facilities. The text consists of 28 articles divided into 6 Parts as follows: General provisions (1); Construction, operation, closure and aftercare of landfils (2); Recovery of landfill replacement construction materials (3); Other provisions (4); Long-term storage facilities (5); Final provisions (6). Six Annexes are enclosed.

Full text
German
Website
www.bmj.de; www.bgbl.de