What is the new POPS waste legislation?
The New POPs Legislation
The Stockholm Convention mandates the destruction or irreversible transformation of POP content in waste that is contaminated with or contains POPs. The UK, being a party to the Convention, has banned the manufacture, sale, and use of products containing POPs.
In general, the POPS waste regulations intend to minimize the discharge of harmful substances into the environment.
So it is no longer legal to recycle, or landfill waste containing POPs. They must now be incinerated (burned).
Waste companies must now separate and send POPs waste to be incinerated. This has resulted in increased costs, but in the long term vital to protect our environment.