The extension of the Waste Framework Directive to waste from agricultural premises in England and Wales

摘要

Since the 1970's agricultural waste has been excluded from the waste controls that impinge on other industrial sectors in the England and Wales. However this is in breach of the Waste Framework Directive and the European Commission has "infracted" (prosecuted) the UK Government for this failure. The UK Government's response to this infraction is to introduce Regulations (due in December of this year) applying Waste Framework Directive controls to agricultural waste.