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Landfilling hazardous waste

If you want to dispose of hazardous waste by landfilling it then you need to ensure that the waste will:

  • go to the correctly authorised site for treatment and disposal
  • meet the Landfill Directive requirements and the landfill permit conditions.

The wastes must be treated before disposal at a landfill. This pre-treatment requirement is defined in the Landfill Directive.

Further information on the types of waste treatment available and how it is controlled can be found on the IPPC Waste Treatment and Storage pages.

You must characterise the wastes to check that it will meet the waste acceptance criteria. These tests and criteria are defined in the Landfill Directive. There are rigorous procedures in place if your waste fails to meet the landfill waste acceptance criteria and we agree that alternative recovery and disposal routes are not available.

Further information on all of these Landfill Directive requirements can be found on our Landfill Sector Pages.

You can download a list of landfill sites permitted to accept hazardous waste and gypsum from the link below: