COPA 1974 provides the foundations upon which the waste licensing regime contained within EPA 1990 is built, whereby all waste management processes now require a license.
Refer here to:

• SI 1994 No 1096, The Environmental Protection Act 1990 (Commencement No.15) Order 1994 and SI 1994 No. 1056, The waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994.
• DoE Circular 11/94 Environmental Protection Act 1990 Part II; Waste Management Licensing : the Framework Directive on Waste.
• Waste Management Paper No.4: Licensing of Waste Management Facilities (HMSO, 1994).
• Waste Management Paper No 26A: Landfill Completion, (HMSO,1994).