2. Obligations on waste production
Under both EU and national regulations, waste producers are subject to specific obligations of three types:
an obligation to reduce the environmental impact of the product, from design to disposal, through Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR);
an obligation to provide information;
obligations arising from cross-border shipments of waste.
The more hazardous the waste, the more stringent these obligations become.
2.1 Obligation to treat waste in accordance with the hierarchy and extended producer responsibility
Since the adoption of the first framework directive on waste in 1975, all producers (national manufacturers,...
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Directive no. 2008/98/EC of 19/11/08 on waste and repealing certain directives (OJEU no. L. 312 of November 22, 2008).
Directive n° 94/62/CE of December 20, 1994 on packaging and packaging waste (JOCE n° L. 365 of December 31, 1994).
Directive No. 96/59/EC of September 16, 1996 on the disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls and polychlorinated...
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