FINLAND ECJ
May 1st, 2002
BY KEITH NUTHALLSTONE discards stored by a quarry for future sales, should be classified as waste under European Union regulations, even if they do not "pose any real risk to human health or the environment" the European Court of Justice has ruled.Its decision means that quarries storing leftover stone across the European Union will have to abide by EU environmental rules on disposing waste, notably Council Directive 75/442/EEC.In their ruling, judges said: "Even assuming that the leftover stone does not. pose any risk. stockpiling such stone is necessarily a ...
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