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Regulation 3(3)(a)

SCHEDULESObjectives for the purposes of the national waste management plan

1.  Ensuring that waste is [F1managed] without endangering human health and without using processes or methods which could harm the environment and, in particular, without–S

(a)risk to water, air, soil, plants or animals;

(b)causing nuisance through noise or odours;

(c)adversely affecting the countryside or places of special interest.

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F1Word in sch. para. 1 substituted (27.3.2011) by The Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/226), regs. 1(1), 5(5)

[F21A.  Applying the following waste hierarchy:S

(a)prevention;

(b)preparing for re-use;

(c)recycling;

(d)other recovery, including energy recovery;

(e)disposal

in a way which delivers the best overall environmental outcome. The hierarchy may be departed from for particular types of waste where justified in order to ensure this outcome and by reference to the overall impact of the generation and management of such types of waste.]

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[F32.  Establishing an integrated and adequate network of waste disposal installations and of installations for the recovery of all mixed municipal waste which includes waste collected from private households, taking into account best available techniques.]S

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3.  Ensuring that the network referred to in paragraph 2 enables–S

(a)the European Community as a whole to become self-sufficient in waste disposal [F4and in the recovery of the municipal waste referred to in paragraph 2,] and the Member States individually to move towards that aim, taking into account geographical circumstances or the need for specialised installations for certain types of waste; and

(b)waste to be disposed of [F5, and the municipal waste referred to in paragraph 2 to be recovered,] in one of the nearest appropriate installations, by means of the most appropriate methods and technologies in order to ensure a high level of protection for the environment and public health.

Textual Amendments

F4Words in sch. para. 3(a) inserted (27.3.2011) by The Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/226), regs. 1(1), 5(8)(a)

F5Words in sch. para. 3(b) inserted (27.3.2011) by The Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/226), regs. 1(1), 5(8)(b)

4.  Encouraging the prevention or reduction of waste production and its harmfulness, in particular by–S

(a)the development of clean technologies more sparing in their use of natural resources;

[F6(aa) reducing the quantity of waste produced through the re-use of products or the extension of their life spans;]

(b)the technical development and marketing of products designed so as to make no contribution or to make the smallest possible contribution, by the nature of their manufacture, use or final disposal, to increasing the amount of harmfulness of waste and pollution hazards; and

(c)the development of appropriate techniques for the final disposal of dangerous substances contained in waste destined for recovery.

Textual Amendments

F6Sch. para. 4(aa) inserted (27.3.2011) by The Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/226), regs. 1(1), 5(9)

[F74A.  Promoting the re-use of products and the preparation of products for re-use, in particular and where appropriate by—

(a)encouraging the establishment of and supporting re-use and repair networks;

(b)use of economic incentives;

(c)use of procurement criteria; and

(d)use of quantitative objectives.

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4B.  Encouraging—

(a)the separate collection of bio-waste with a view to its composting and digestion;

(b)the treatment of bio-waste in a way that fulfils a high level of environmental protection; and

(c)the use of environmentally safe materials produced from bio-waste.]

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5.  Encouraging–S

(a)the recovery of waste by means of recycling, reuse or reclamation or any other process with a view to extracting secondary raw materials; and

(b)the use of waste as a source of energy.

(a)

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