S.L. 549.29 Art. 6Wastes not accepted in a landfill.

(1) The following wastes shall not be accepted in a landfill:

- liquid waste;

- waste which, in the conditions of landfill, is explosive, corrosive, oxidising, highly flammable or flammable as defined in Schedule 3 to the Waste Regulations;

- hospital and other clinical waste arising from medical or veterinary establishments, which are infectious as defined by property HP9 of Schedule 3 to the Waste Regulations and waste chemical substances arising from research and development or teaching activities which are not identified and, or are new and whose effects on man and, or the environment are not known (e.g. laboratory residues, etc.);

- whole used tyres, excluding tyres used as engineering material and bicycle tyres and tyres with an outside diameter above 1,400 mm;

- shredded used tyres excluding bicycle tyres and tyres with an outside diameter above 1,400 mm;

- any other type of waste which does not fulfil the acceptance criteria determined in accordance with Schedule 2;

- waste that has been separately collected for preparing for re-use and recycling pursuant to regulation 10 of the Waste Regulations, with the exception of waste resulting from subsequent treatment operations of the separately collected waste for which landfilling delivers the best environment outcome in accordance with regulation 4A of the Waste Regulations;

- any other type of waste which the competent authority declares as not acceptable in a landfill.

(2) The competent authority shall endeavour, through, inter alia, the establishment of guidelines and, or a landfill operating permit, to ensure that as of 2030, all waste suitable for recycling or other recovery, in particular municipal waste, shall not be accepted in a landfill with the exception of waste for which landfilling delivers the best environmental outcome in accordance with regulation 4A of the Waste Regulations. Information on the measures taken pursuant to this sub-regulation shall be included in the waste management plans referred to in regulation 28 of the Waste Regulations or in other strategic documents covering the entire territory of Malta.