Waste Legislation

• Animal By-Products (Enforcement) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 SS1 171

• Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989

• Controlled Waste Regulations 1992 SI 588

• Controlled Waste (Amendment) Regulations 1993 SI 566

• Controlled Waste (Registration of Carriers and Seizure of Vehicles) Regulations 1991 SI 1624

• Controlled Waste (Registration of Carriers and Seizure of Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 SI 605

• End of Life Vehicles Regulations 2003, SI 2635

• Guidance on End-of-Life Vehicles Regulations 2003

• End-of-Life Vehicles (Amendment) Regulations 2010 SI 1094

  Amends 2003/2635 by changing the basis on which exemptions from the restrictions on use of heavy metals in vehicle components are identified. Also provides powers of entry and inspection for the enforcement authorities.

• End-of-Life Vehicles (Storage & Treatment) (Scotland) Regulations 2003 SSI 593

• End-of-Life Vehicles (Producer Responsibility) Regulations 2005 SI 263

• End-of-Life Vehicles (Producer Responsibility) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 SI 1095

  Amends 2005/263 by making changes to requirements for reporting details of reuse, recycling and recovery rates.

• Environment Act 1995

• Guidance on Environment Act 1995

• Environmental Protection Act 1990

• Environmental Protection (Duty of Care) Regulations 1991 SI 2839

  Requires a transfer note to be signed by the transferor and transferee of waste, specifies information to be included and requires copies to be kept for two years.

• EU Regulation laying down Health Rules concerning Animal By-Products not intended for Human Consumption 1069/2009

• EU Regulation on Shipments of Waste (1013/2006)

• Landfill (Scotland) Regulations 2003 SSI 235

• Landfill (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003 SSI 343

• Management of Extractive Waste (Scotland) 2010 SSI 60

• Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2003 SI 1941

• Packaging (Essential Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 SI 1188

• Packaging (Essential Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 SI 1492

• Packaging (Essential Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 SI 1504

  Amends 2003/1941 by removing 4th March 2009 expiry date for the derogation (permission to carry out an otherwise banned activity) on maximum heavy metal concentration levels for plastic crates or pallets.

• Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007 SI 871

• Guidance on Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007

• Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste)(Amendment) Regulations 2008 SI 413

• Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations SI 2010/2849

  Amends 2007/871, establishing waste recovery and recycling targets for 2011 and 2012 and making other technical changes.

• Special Waste Regulations 1996 SI 972

• Special Waste (Amendment) Regulations 1996 SI 2019

• Special Waste (Amendment) Regulations 1997 SI 251

• Special Waste (Scotland) Regulations 1997 SI 257

• Special Waste Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2004 SSI 112

• Guidance on Special Waste Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2004

• Transfrontier Shipment of Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel Regulations 2008 SI 3087

• Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 2007 SI 1711

• Guidance on Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 2007

• Transfrontier Shipment of Waste (Amendment) Regulations 2008 SI 9

• Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009 SI 890 (Adobe pdf - 275.8KB)

• Waste Batteries (Scotland) Regulations 2009 SSI 247

  Amends the Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2000/323 to ban incinerating waste industrial and automotive batteries. Amends the Landfill (Scotland) Regulations 2003/235 to ban waste industrial and automotive batteries from landfills.

• Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2006 SI 3289

  Aims to reduce the amount of WEEE sent to landfill. Requires producers of electrical and electronic equipment to register and cover the costs of collecting, treating, recovering and disposing of equipment when it reaches the end of its life.

• Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Amendment) Regulations 2007 SI 3454

  Amends 2006/3289 to encourage prioritising re-use of whole appliances in the WEEE system.

• Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Amendment) Regulations 2009 SI 2957

  Amends 2006/3289 by improving the Producer Compliance Scheme approval process and reducing the administrative burden on business by simplifying the data reporting requirements and the evidence system.

• Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Amendment)(No2) Regulations 2009 SI 3216

  Corrects a defect in 2009/2957 by requiring producers of electrical and electronic equipment for domestic use to report details quarterly, and annually for all other EEE.

• Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Amendment) Regulations 2010 SI 1155

  Amends 2006/3289 replacing ‘dangerous substance or preparation’ with ‘dangerous substance or mixture’ and (as from 1 December 2010 and 1 June 2015) substitutes new definitions of ‘dangerous substance or mixture’.

• Waste Incineration (Scotland) Regulations 2003 SSI 170

• Guidance on Waste Incineration (Scotland) Regulations 2003

• Waste Information (Scotland) Regulations 2010 SSI 435

  Requires businesses to provide waste data returns to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency upon request.

• Waste Management Licensing (Scotland) Regulations 2011 SSI 228

  Consolidates the Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994 and amendments. Adds new exemptions. Removes need for licence holders to have a certificate of technical competence. Requires businesses carrying their own waste to register as waste carriers.

• Waste Management Regulations 1996, SI 634

• Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2005 SSI 22

• Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2011 SSI 226