First hazardous waste underground storage site
First hazardous waste underground storage site
- 2002
- RICS Environment Faculty News 7 October 2002, (1) .
An adapted Cheshire mine will be the UK's first underground storage site for hazardous waste, offering a better environmental option than most surface landfills. It will comply with the EU Landfill Directive which requires hazardous waste to be processed and disposed of in dedicated landfill sites by July 2004 but allowing some stable matter - not biodegradable nor radioactive - to be stored in specially adapted underground facilities. ODPM call-in available at http://www.planning.odpm.gov.uk/callins/july2_2002/pdf/minosus.pdf: http://www.rics.org/ricscms/bin/show?class=News&template=/includes/shownews.html&id=3830&faculty=Environment&faculty=All%20Faculties
HAZARDOUS WASTE
CHESHIRE
UNDERGROUND STORAGE
MINES
DIRECTIVE 99/31/EC
An adapted Cheshire mine will be the UK's first underground storage site for hazardous waste, offering a better environmental option than most surface landfills. It will comply with the EU Landfill Directive which requires hazardous waste to be processed and disposed of in dedicated landfill sites by July 2004 but allowing some stable matter - not biodegradable nor radioactive - to be stored in specially adapted underground facilities. ODPM call-in available at http://www.planning.odpm.gov.uk/callins/july2_2002/pdf/minosus.pdf: http://www.rics.org/ricscms/bin/show?class=News&template=/includes/shownews.html&id=3830&faculty=Environment&faculty=All%20Faculties
HAZARDOUS WASTE
CHESHIRE
UNDERGROUND STORAGE
MINES
DIRECTIVE 99/31/EC