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2. In Table 1 –
“civic amenity site” means a place provided by virtue of Article 22(1) of the 1978 Order or Article 25(1)(b) of the 1997 Order;
“closed landfill” means a landfill site which ceases to accept waste on or after the coming into operation of these Regulations;
“hazardous waste” means –
(a)
waste which is hazardous waste within the meaning of Article 1(4) of Council Directive 91/689/EEC() on hazardous waste (the “Hazardous Waste Directive”), as amended by Council Directive 94/31/EC(); and
(b)
medicinal waste, that is to say, any waste medicinal product which is not domestic waste within the meaning of the Hazardous Waste Directive,
and in this definition, “medicinal product” means a product as defined in section 130 of the Medicines Act 1968() (meaning of “medicinal product” and related expressions) of a description, or falling within a class, specified in an order under section 58 of that Act() (medicinal products on prescription only);
“landfill site” means a waste disposal site for the deposit of waste onto or into land, including –
(a)
subject to sub-paragraph (b), any site which is used for more than a year for the temporary storage of waste; and
(b)
any internal waste disposal site, that is to say a site where a producer of waste is carrying out its own waste disposal at the place of production;
but excluding –
(i)
any facility where waste is unloaded in order to permit its preparation for further transport for recovery, treatment or disposal elsewhere;
(ii)
any site where waste is stored as a general rule for a period of less than three years prior to recovery or treatment; and
(iii)
any site where waste is stored for a period of less than one year prior to disposal;
“non-hazardous waste” means any waste which is not covered by the definition of hazardous waste;
“single waste stream” in relation to a waste disposal site refers to a site where the producer of all of the waste disposed of at that site is also the holder of the waste management licence, a disposal licence or a resolution for that site; and
“transfer station” means a facility where waste is unloaded in order to permit its preparation for further transport for treatment, keeping or disposal elsewhere; and
“waste” is “inert waste” if –
(a)
it does not undergo any significant physical, chemical or biological transformations;
(b)
it does not dissolve, burn or otherwise physically or chemically react, biodegrade or adversely affect other matter with which it comes into contact in a way likely to give rise to environmental pollution or harm to human health; and
(c)
its total leachability and pollutant content and the ecotoxicity of its leachate are insignificant and, in particular, do not endanger the quality of any surface water or groundwater.
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