§2.1.5 Directive on waste from the extractive industries (Extractive Waste Directive)

The Extractive Waste Directive sets up the framework for proper management of wastes resulting from extractive industries. Although it is excluded from the scope of the WFD, the hazardousness of wastes from the extractive industries should be classified in line with the LoW. Box 6: The Extractive Waste Directive Directive 2006/21/EC on the management of waste from extractive industries (‘Extractive Waste Directive’) (15) aims at ensuring that waste from the extractive industries is managed in a way which prevents or reduce as far as possible any adverse effects on the environment and any resultant risks to human health. Although waste from extractive industries where covered by the Extractive Waste Directive is explicitly excluded from the scope of the WFD (Article 2(2) (d) WFD), classification according to LoW nevertheless is relevant: operators are under the Extractive Waste Directive to prepare a waste management plan, establishing the necessary measures to properly manage relevant waste. In accordance with the waste management plan the hazardousness of the waste from the extractive industries should be classified in line with criteria of the LoW.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-07