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In the late 1980s, the Netherlands suffered from a lack of landfill capacity and insufficient thermal treatment capacity. This urged a change in waste management policy.
A comprehensive overview of soil legislation is provided in the document Dutch Soil Policies. Additional information about Dutch laws, regulations and more we refer to the website of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management.
This is an explanation of the Dutch environmental regulations for companies. Most environmental regulations for companies can be found in the Activities Decree and/or in a permit. But other regulations may also apply.
In the Netherlands, European environmental directives related to air pollution are implemented in the Environmental Management Act (Wet Milieubeheer (verwijst naar een andere website) in Dutch) and the Activities Decree (Activiteitenbesluit).