1. Definitions
1.1 Official categorization
Article L. 541-1-1 of the French Environment Code (CE) defines waste as "any substance or object, or more generally any movable asset, which the holder discards or intends or is obliged to discard".
There are a number of key words in this definition that need to be clearly qualified if we are to understand the complexity of the regulatory obligations applicable to waste, and the challenges to which they are regularly...
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Bibliography
- (1) - ANDRA (Agence nationale pour la gestion des déchets radioactifs) - Inventaire national des matières et déchets radioactifs : Les essentiels 2024. - 32 p. (2024). https://inventaire.andra.fr / ISSN : 2105-3065
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Standards and norms
- Solid recovered fuels – Specifications and classes (standard withdrawn, but still often cited in the literature) - NF EN 15359 - 2011
- Solid recovered fuels – Specifications and classes. - ISO 21640 - 2021
- Environmental management – Material flow accounting – General framework. - NF EN ISO 14051 - 2012
- Environmental management systems – Requirements and guidelines for use. - NF EN ISO 14001 - 2015 ...
Regulations
(Main references)
Code de la santé publique – Part 1 er – Livre III – Titre 3 – Chapter 5 – Section 1: Waste from infectious and similar healthcare activities.
Public Health Code – Part 1 er – Book III – Title 3 – Chapter 3 – Section 4: Acquisition, distribution, import, export, transfer,...
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Organizations – Associations – Federations (non-exhaustive list)
Ministry of Ecological Transition :
Agency for Ecological Transition (ADEME) : https://www.ademe.fr/
Association of local authorities...
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