With a view to meeting the requirements of Directive 75/442/EEC, and in particular Articles 3 and 4 thereof, the aim of this Directive is, by way of stringent operational and technical requirements on the waste and landfills, to provide for measures, procedures and guidance to prevent or reduce as far as possible negative effects on the environment, in particular the pollution of surface water, groundwater, soil and air, and on the global environment, including the greenhouse effect, as well as any resulting risk to human health, from landfilling of waste, during the whole life-cycle of the landfill.
Zaradi izpolnjevanja zahtev Direktive 75/442/EGS, zlasti členov 3 in 4, je cilj te direktive s strogimi obratovalnimi in tehničnimi zahtevami o odpadkih in odlagališčih zagotoviti ukrepe, postopke in smernice za preprečevanje ali zmanjševanje, kolikor je mogoče, čezmerne obremenitve okolja, zlasti onesnaževanja površinskih voda, podtalnice, tal in zraka, in na globalno okolje, vključno z učinkom tople grede, ter tudi tako posledično ogrožanje zdravja ljudi pri odlaganju odpadkov na odlagališče med celotno obratovalno dobo;