Environment

#2009-1441Decree No. 2009-1441 on Waste Storage and Biogas Management

🇫🇷France··Other·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This decree outlines regulations for waste storage facilities that aim to manage biogas produced from household waste. It specifies that these facilities must have certain equipment for controlling biogas emissions and must maintain operational standards to be eligible for tax exemptions. Additionally, operators must report specific data about waste and biogas activities to the customs authority.

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Key Changes

  • Introduces requirements for biogas management in waste storage facilities
  • Sets a timeline for the implementation of biogas utilization systems
  • Mandates reporting obligations for operators regarding waste and biogas production

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Waste storage cells must be equipped from construction with devices to control and manage 100% of biogas produced, designed for biogas recovery/valorization

Waste storage facility operators
operational
high

Duration of use for waste storage cells must not exceed eighteen (18) months as specified in the prefectural authorization

Waste storage facility operators
operational
medium

Install equipment to measure and control quantity and quality of leachate reinjected into each bioreaactor cell

Waste storage facility operators
operational
medium

Install means to measure and control moisture levels in waste stored in each bioreactor cell

Waste storage facility operators
operational
medium

Install final cell covering and implement periodic measurement procedures to verify absence of diffuse biogas emissions

Waste storage facility operators
operational

Affected Parties

Operators of waste storage facilitiesCustoms and ecological regulatory authorities

Tags

biogas,waste management,regulation