The Landfill (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2005

10 July, 2005

The Regulations will impose the Waste Acceptance Criteria from 16 July.

They require the pre-treatment of all non-hazardous wastes for landfill from 30 October 2007, the same

date from which liquid waste can no longer be accepted at non-hazardous landfills.

The Regulations will impose the Waste Acceptance Criteria from 16 July and set the standard for physical stability of landfilled monolithic waste. They set a limit on

polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in inert waste and remove some restrictions on

non-hazardous wet dredgings.

Full details can be found on Defra's website