Environmental Protection Act, 1990

The "Environmental Protection Act 1990" offers a framework for pollution control and environmental protection in the UK. The measures implemented by the Act make available a wide range of powers for enforcement agencies, applicable against British businesses. The complete text of the Act is reproduced in this volume, with analytical commentary on the substance and practical implications of the legislation, including references to the underlying policy developments in the UK and the EEC. Main provisions of the Act include a system of integrated pollution control, a regulatory system for waste, duties regarding the care of waste, a system for the control of statutory nuisances, a system for the regulation of activities involving genetically modified organisms and a register of contaminated land.