“…Work on certification, land reclamation and rehabilitation of landfills is not being carried out properly (Zicha, 2019 Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) clearly delineate the main instruments of waste management, such as the obligation to treat waste in such a way that it does not adversely affect the environment or human health, promote the use of the waste hierarchy and, in accordance with the "polluter pays" principle requirement for payment for waste disposal by the owner of the waste, previous owners or producers of the product after which the waste is left. EU Environmental policy and law and its implementation in Ukraine have been the subject of research by many scientists (Funta, 2016;Gulac, 2019;Kachur, 2020;Klimek, 2017;Shkurti, 2019;Shulga, 2020;Yara, 2018,). Ukrainian legislation needs to be adjusted in line with EU law in order to implement environmental standards of waste management to the level of EU member states.…”