With the ban on co-disposal less than three months away, senior waste industry executives are barely containing their anger over the Government's non-committal approach to implementing the EU landfill Directive. Uncertainty as to the waste acceptance criteria for hazardous waste sites has made it impossible for companies to plan investment in new facilities - and despite an Environment Department (DEFRA) statement at the end of March there remain important issues to resolve. Meanwhile, permits have been issued to only five merchant hazardous waste landfills.

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