Minerals and waste management legal issues
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In 2012 the Environment Agency issued the following data relating to waste management.
Permitted sites
Sites permitted at end 2012
Sites accepting waste
Million tonnes managed
Landfill
510
380
43.9
Transfer
3,478
2,677
41.2
Treatment
2,319
1,649
46.2
Metal recycling
2,662
1,316
58.5
Incineration
123
82
7.1
Use of waste
219
163
4.0
Land disposal
199
114
8.6
Site types and remaining capacity in cubic metres
Hazardous merchant
16,602,000
Hazardous restricted
1,350,000
Non-hazardous with stable non-reactive hazardous waste (SNRWH) cell
93,161,000
Non-hazardous
276,371,000
Non-hazardous restricted
38,336,000
Inert
114,161,000
Total
539,981,000
It was estimated that over 8 years...
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