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Directives
- EU Batteries Directive
By September 2008, the UK will have new responsibilities under this directive in how batteries are recovered, treated and disposed of. Find out how this affects you and get prepared.
- Seveso II Directive (and the COMAH Regulations)
Aims to prevent major accidents involving dangerous substances and limit the consequences to people and the environment of any which do occur
- End of Life Vehicles Directive
Aims to reduce, or prevent, the amount of waste produced from End of Life Vehicles (ELVs) and increase the recovery and recycling of ELVs
- Groundwater Directives
Aim to protect groundwater from pollution by controlling discharges and disposals of certain dangerous substances to groundwater
- Landfill Directive
Aims to prevent, or to reduce as far as possible, the negative environmental effects of landfill
- WEEE: Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
This Directive aims to reduce the amount of WEEE being produced and encourages everyone to reuse, recycle and recover it. It also aims to improve the environmental performance of businesses that manufacture, supply, use, recycle and recover electrical and electronic equipment.
- Waste Incineration Directive
Aims to limit the risks that waste incineration poses to the environment and human health
- Freshwater Fish Directive
Aims to protect and improve the quality of rivers and lakes to encourage healthy fish populations
- Surface Water Abstraction Directive
Aims to control the quality of water from rivers, lakes and reservoirs that is used to supply public drinking water
- Bathing Waters Directive
Aims to protect public health and the environment from sewage pollution at bathing waters
- Shellfish Waters Directive
Aims to protect shellfish populations and contributes to the high quality of shellfish products
- Dangerous Substances Directives
Controls discharges to inland, coastal and territorial waters that are liable to contain dangerous substances.
- Habitats Directive
Aims to protect the wild plants, animals and habitats that make up our diverse natural environment
- Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive
Aims to protect the environment from the adverse effect of waste water discharges. It sets out guidelines and legislation on how we collect, treat and discharge urban waste water
- Nitrates Directive
Aims to reduce water pollution by nitrate from agricultural sources and to prevent such pollution occurring in the future
