WASTE DIRECTIVE
March 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLMINING companies could be prevented from walking away from their responsibilities to deal with mine waste in the European Union (EU), even after the end of extraction, under amendments approved this week to a waste directive by the European Parliament. The change would allow regulators to order an operator to continue abiding by former obligations regarding the maintenance, surveillance and monitoring of a waste treatment plant. The amendments also laid down what should be written into a compulsory waste management plan. This would have to specify ...
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