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The [[Landfill Directive]] sets the types and standards required in the delivery of Landfill in the UK.

The revised target published as part of the [[Circular Economy Package]] and transposed into European Directive 2018/850 amending Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste ~~states~~ that by 2035 the ~~amoount~~ of municipal waste landfilled is 10% or less of the total amount of municipal waste generated (by weight).

The Definition of 'landfill' is found in Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfilling of waste as 'a waste disposal site for the deposit of waste onto or into land (i.e.underground) including:

* internal waste disposal sites (i.e. landfill where a producer of waste is carrying out its own waste disposal at a place of production), and

* a permanent site (i.e. more than one year) which is used for temporary storage of waste'.

The amount of [[Biodegradeable Municipal Waste]] entering landfills within the UK and EU is restricted under the Landfill Directive and by 2020 only 35% of the 1995 baseline figure is permitted to landfill.

In June 2018 a revised target was published as part of the [[Circular Economy Package]] and transposed into European Directive 2018/850 amending Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste which requires that by 2035 the amount of municipal waste landfilled is 10% or less of the total amount of municipal waste generated (by weight).

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 The [[Landfill Directive]] sets the types and standards required in the delivery of Landfill in the UK.
-The revised target published as part of the [[Circular Economy Package]] and transposed into European Directive 2018/850 amending Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste states that by 2035 the amoount of municipal waste landfilled is 10% or less of the total amount of municipal waste generated (by weight).
+The Definition of 'landfill' is found in Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfilling of waste as 'a waste disposal site for the deposit of waste onto or into land (i.e.underground) including:
+* internal waste disposal sites (i.e. landfill where a producer of waste is carrying out its own waste disposal at a place of production), and
+* a permanent site (i.e. more than one year) which is used for temporary storage of waste'.
+The amount of [[Biodegradeable Municipal Waste]] entering landfills within the UK and EU is restricted under the Landfill Directive and by 2020 only 35% of the 1995 baseline figure is permitted to landfill.
+In June 2018 a revised target was published as part of the [[Circular Economy Package]] and transposed into European Directive 2018/850 amending Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste which requires that by 2035 the amount of municipal waste landfilled is 10% or less of the total amount of municipal waste generated (by weight).