Description

Waste management policy and legislation forms the foundation for many of the operational day to day requirements for waste management professionals. This course outlines the development of European waste management policy from the early stages in the mid 1970s which focused on better landfill disposal and safe transportation through to the present day Circular Economy Action Plan. The course explores the linkages between environmental policy and environmental legislation that creates the routine systems we use on a daily basis within the waste management industry. During the module we cover a comprehensive overview of all relevant European legislation and move through to an introduction to Irish primary legislation in the form of the Waste Management Acts and the Litter Pollution Act.

The contents of the course are as follows:

• Background to Waste Policy and Legislation
• Forms of EU Waste Legislation
• Key EU legal acts including the Framework Directive
• The concept of the definition of waste
• Irish legal process used to create legislation
• Irish waste policy as presented in the Circular Economy Action Plan
• Introduction to the Waste Management Act, an overview of the main act
• Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022
• Irish Waste Framework Regulations 2011-2020
• Overview of the Litter Pollution Act 1997-2022