When implementing the obligation laid down in Directive 1999/31/EC to ensure treatment of waste before its landfilling, Member States should apply the most appropriate treatment, including the stabilisation of the organic fraction of waste, in order to reduce as far as possible the adverse effects of landfilling such waste on the environment and human health.
Agus an oibleagáid a leagtar síos i dTreoir 1999/31/CE á cur chun feidhme chun a áirithiú go ndéantar dramhaíl a chóireáil sula gcuirfear i líonadh talún í, ba cheart do na Ballstáit an chóireáil is oiriúnaí a chur i bhfeidhm, lena n-áirítear cobhsú an chodáin orgánaigh dramhaíola, chun na héifeachtaí díobhálacha a bhaineann le dramhaíl den sórt sin a chur i líonadh talún ar an gcomhshaol agus ar shláinte an duine a laghdú a oiread is féidir.