The Practical Guide to Waste Management Law

1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-7277-3275-0
Verlag: Emerald Publishing Limited

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 658 g

"This is the start of an enormous change in waste – both a challenge and an opportunity"John Burns, Waste Implementation Programme Director, DEFRA*In 2004the UK Government was faced with numerous challenges in the context of environmental management, and has been under pressure to perform for at least the next five years. Targets set in Brussels either by the European Commission or the European Parliament will be difficult to meet.Additionally, new environmental legislation continues to flow in from both Europe and Westminster.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hawkins, Richard G P

Shaw, Heidi S

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Abfallwirtschaft, Abfallentsorgung
• Rechtswissenschaften Bürgerliches Recht Privates Baurecht, Architektenrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The historical background

Defining waste

The administration and management of waste

Waste minimisation, recycling, bioprocessing and recovery energy recovery, incineration and landfill

The planning system and structural reform

Integrated pollution prevention and control and the permitting regime

Enviromental, criminal, and civil law

Simplified and the control of flytipping

Health & safety, the duty of care regulations and basic contractual considerations

The consignment and movement of waste

Waste mismanagement and water quality

The end of the beginning