Types of obligations, waste management operations, waste management responsibilities
The organisation of waste management by public authorities
Waste management plans and prevention programmes
Directive 2008/98 further requires that one or several waste management plans set out the steps that must be taken to best ensure waste treatment in line with the above-mentioned waste hierarchy (Article 28). While Member States enjoy a measure of discretion as to the territorial basis which they consider appropriate to achieve national self-sufficiency in terms of waste disposal capacity, each local authority having its own waste management plan must, in principle, take appropriate steps to ensure that its own waste is collected, treated and disposed of close to the place where it is produced (Case C-297/08 European Commission v Italian Republic, §68).
Waste prevention programmes to be established in the Member States must set out the waste prevention objectives while describing existing prevention measures or measures which could be adopted with respect to the generation of waste (Article 29), the design, production and distribution of products or their consumption and use (Annex IV).