1. Emissions from landfills EU legislative framework
Bartosz Zambrzycki
Project manager, Waste and material flows

2. Directives
Landfill directive (1999/31)
IPPC directive (96/61)

3. Landfill directive
Strategy and targets for reducing landfilling of biodegradable municipal waste (BMW)
Technical provisions

4. Strategy: Baseline - amount of BMW generated in 1995
Targets: MS are allowed to landfill
in %
in %
in %
countries relying on landfills (over 80%) - may add 4 years

5. Targets – on graph

6. Some countries are more stringent!
Landfill bans for combustible waste (Germany, Austria, Denmark, Belgium (Flemish region))
Landfill ban for organic waste (Sweden)
Landfill ban for separately collected bio-waste (Netherlands)

7. Landfill directive – distance to target - 2002
Issue: Data quality and definitions

9. Technical provisions Gas has to collected and combusted or flared
No cap of landfill necessary
Deadline for existing landfills - VII.2009

10. IPPC directive No additional technical provisions for landfills
Deadline for upgrading of existing IPPC landfills - X.2007

11. Thank you for your attention!