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Directive UE Pentru Managementul Deşeurilor
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259/93/EEC
880/92/EEC
DIRECTIVES 89/369/EEC AND 89/429/EEC ON AIR POLLUTION FROM NEW AND EXISTING MUNICIPAL WASTE INCINERATION PLANTS
They regulate the permitting, design, equipment, operation and reporting of municipal waste incineration plants. Directive 89/369/EEC relates to new plants where authorization to operate was granted on or after 1 December 1990. Both directives exclude incineration plants dealing with sewage sludge, as well as chemical, toxic, dangerous and medical wastes. The directives set limits for emissions of dust, certain combinations of heavy metals, hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric acid and sulfur dioxide from plants that deal exclusively with municipal waste.
DIRECTIVES 89/369/EEC AND 89/429/EEC ON AIR POLLUTION FROM NEW AND EXISTING MUNICIPAL WASTE INCINERATION PLANTS
An incineration plant may be granted permits to incinerate hazardous waste only if it is designed, equipped and operated in such a manner that emission limits and management controls have been met. Directive 89/429/EEC on existing municipal waste incinerators introduced a program of phased improvement for existing plants, emission limit values must be met within certain time limits. Extensive requirements for monitoring, inspection and reporting by the operators of these plants are laid down in this directive.
DIRECTIVE 1999/31/EC
The directive requires separate sites for hazardous, nonhazardous and inert wastes. The directive states that (with only a few exceptions) waste should be treated before being landfilled to reduce the hazard to human health and the environment, and to reduce the quantity of waste. Targets are set in the directive for Member States to reduce the amount of biodegradable municipal waste sent to landfill. These targets are set in an attempt to reduce the EU's methane emissions, since it is a greenhouse gas and is produced by the breakdown of the biodegradable element of waste.
DIRECTIVE 880/92/EEC
The Community eco-label award scheme is a voluntary market mechanism to promote products that have a lesser impact on the environment, and relates to consumer product groups. A product is awarded the Eco-label once the product's whole life cycle and its related environmental impacts have been assessed. The assessment uses ecological criteria set at a European level, and may not reflect conditions in individual Member States. Products where criteria have been approved include tissue paper, washing machines and light bulbs. The situation is confused somewhat by the multitude of 'eco labels' that exist on a national and product-based level in each Member State.