Landfill
This guidance is relevant to businesses that produce waste that they send to landfill, and businesses that operate landfill sites.
A landfill site is a waste disposal site where waste is deposited onto or into land.
This includes sites that:
- receive waste from external sources
- are used by waste producers to dispose of their own waste on-site. This includes farm dumps.
It does not normally include sites where waste is:
- intended for disposal, and is stored for less than one year
- intended for recovery or treatment, and is stored for less than three years
- prepared for transport for recovery, treatment or disposal elsewhere.
- Wastes that you must not landfill
- Waste producers – taking your waste to a landfill site
- Waste producers – treating waste for landfill
- Landfill site operators – permits and qualifications
- Landfill site operators – what do you need to do about treating waste?
- Further information on landfill
- Landfill legislation
