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52.2.4.8 Country-specific Characteristics: Belgium (Flanders Region)
The Flemish policies are described in Annex 54.0 below.
52.2.4.9 Belgium (Wallonia Region)
In Wallonia, , , the Decrees of 18 March 2004 and 30 March 2006 by the Walloon
Government provide for a phased introduction of landfill bans. Table 52-2 presents a
general summary of this phasing. Article 3 of the decree likewise provides that a pretreatment
of waste materials, in order to sorting out of the reusable fractions, must
be carried out before the waste can be landfilled.
Of specific importance is Article 5 of the decree that provides for deviations in case of
force majeure and in exceptional circumstances. The shortage of adequate treatment
facilities in Wallonia is explicitly acknowledged as an exceptional circumstance. The
application for a deviation needs to be sufficiently justified and the licensing
authority, the ‘Office Wallon des Déchets’ (OWD), the Department of Waste Materials,
shall impose demands relating to the landfill and the requirement to look for
alternative treatment possibilities in the future.
Table 52-2: Summary of the Landfill Ban in the Walloon Region
Date Date of of of implementation implementation implementation of of
of
the the landfill landfill ban
ban
1 July 2004
1 January 2007
1 January 2008
746
29/09/09
Waste Waste flows flows flows
Comments
Comments
Separated household
waste and non-hazardous
industrial waste, e.g.
organic waste, paper and
cardboard, timber waste.
Packaging waste
Waste from pre-treatment
and sorting facility
Non-pre- treated fine
residual household waste
and non-shredded bulky
waste
1 January 2010 Shredded bulky waste
Art. 2i of the Decree
Source: OVAM (2007) Market Study of the Final Treatment of Residual Household
Waste and Industrial Waste Similar to Household Waste in Flanders and
Neighbouring Regions: a Summary Report, August 2007.