Whether escapes of waste water from a public sewerage system are ‘Directive waste’ within the scope of the Waste Framework Directive, and thus subject to the enforcement authority of the Environment Agency under section 33 of the 1990 Act.
Held: Sewage which escaped from a public sewer was controlled waste.
Judges:
Lord Justice Carnwarth and Mr Justice Bean
Citations:
[2008] EWHC 1763 (QB), Times 28-Aug-2008
Links:
Statutes:
Environmental Protection Act 1990 33, Council Directive 75/442/EEC of July 15, 1975 on waste
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Environment
Updated: 21 May 2022; Ref: scu.271314
