The WFD, which came into force on 12 December 2010, introduced new provisions to boost waste prevention and recycling as part of a waste hierarchy. The commission says national authorities and stakeholders have raised many questions regarding the interpretation and application of the WFD since the Directive was introduced. The new guidance aims to help authorities and waste operators better understand the legislation.

To improve the clarity of the guidance, the agency has split HWR03 into two sections : HWR03a (lexisurl.com/iema13096), which provides step-by-step advice on completing the five parts of a consignment note for standard and multiple collections; and HWR03b (lexisurl.com/iema13097), which gives further advice for those involved in moving hazardous waste by pipeline, across internal UK borders or from ships.

The European Commission is consulting on the strengths and weakness of EU environmental noise legislation, particularly Directive 2002/49/EC on assessing and managing environmental noise (END). This consultation is part of a follow-up process to the first implementation report on the END, which was published in June 2011.

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These Regulations make corrections to the 2011 Regulations so that they have fully transposed provisions of the revised Waste Framework Directive relating to the separate collection of waste paper, metal, plastic and glass.

The Amendment Regulations replace regulation 13 of the 2011 Regulations so as to impose a duty on establishments and undertakings, from 1 January 2015, for the separate collection of waste paper, metal, plastic and glass. It also imposes a duty on waste collection authorities, from that date, when making arrangements for the collection of such waste, to ensure that those arrangements are by way of separate collection. These duties apply where separate collection is “necessary” to ensure that waste undergoes recovery operations in accordance with the Directive and to facilitate or improve recovery; and where it is “technically, environmentally and economically practicable”. Where such collection is not so necessary or not so practicable the duties relating to separate collection do not apply, and collection may accordingly be by other means. The duties apply to waste classified as waste from households and waste that is classified as commercial or industrial waste.

The full text of the Regulations can be found here.

Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk

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