Guidance

Environmental permitting guidance: The mining waste directive

Understand Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and the Council on the management of waste from extractive industries.

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published
3 October 2011

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Environmental Permitting Guidance - The Mining Waste Directive

Ref: PB13636

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This guidance is aimed at helping readers understand Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and the Council on the management of waste from extractive industries. This is commonly known as the Mining Waste Directive (‘the Directive’) although the scope of the Directive includes waste from mineral extraction other than mines.

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Published 3 October 2011

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