Legal regime of communal waste disposal

Legal regulation of Municipal Waste Management The purpose of my thesis is to analyse the national legislative frameworks on municipal waste management. The reason for my research is based on the fact that waste volumes are growing, driven by changing production and consumption patterns. As confirmed in the Sixth Environment Action Programme, waste management is one of the key priorities of EU environmental policy and the framework in this area has been progressively put in place since 1970s. EU waste policy is instrumental for determining the potential outcomes to be achieved, but country-level policies determine the actual outcome. EU allows each Member State to tailor policies to its own particular circumstances. Waste management choices depend on the existing waste management facilities, infrastructure and governance structures. Although household waste represents a relatively small percentage of the total amount of waste produced it is a highly significant proportion because it contains large quantities of organic waste which can cause pollution problems, as well as materials such as glass and plastics which do not break down easily. The options for dealing with municipal waste are described in the "waste hierarchy" - with those towards the top of the list more desirable than those towards the..