76-17 CLXXXV of 2012 law about waste

Summary

The Parliament, in order to protect the environment and human health, mitigate the environmental impact, manage natural resources sparingly, reduce the effects of resource use, improve its efficiency, ensure long-term competitiveness and prevent or reduce the generation of waste, preventing the harmful effects of generated waste, reducing its quantity and danger, and reusing used products, keeping materials in the consumption chain in a production-consumption cycle, and utilizing as much of the waste as possible, and environmentally friendly non-useful, non-recyclable waste in order to dispose of it, creates the following law.

Thumbnail image for The Parliament, in order to protect the environment and human health, mitigate the environmental impact, manage natural resources sparingly, reduce the effects of resource use, improve its efficiency, ensure long-term competitiveness and prevent or reduce the generation of waste, preventing the harmful effects of generated waste, reducing its quantity and danger, and reusing used products, keeping materials in the consumption chain in a production-consumption cycle, and utilizing as much of the waste as possible, and environmentally friendly non-useful, non-recyclable waste in order to dispose of it, creates the following law.

Issuer

Hungary

Year

2012

Region

Europe

Policy Type

Disclosure

Geographical scope

National

Mandatory or voluntary

Mandatory

Main industries targeted

Manufacturing
Transportation & Warehousing
Retail trade
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting

Restrictiveness

Moderate

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being
SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
SDG 14: Life Below Water
SDG 16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions