Environmental legislation of Ukraine is an important part of national legislation and based on fundamental principles of sustainable development. These include some particular articles of the Constitution (the main law) of Ukraine (VRU, 1996), the Law of Ukraine on Environmental Protection (VRU, 1995), relevant articles of Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses (1984) and Criminal Code of Ukraine (VRU, 2001) and many others. Starting from 2014, Ukraine began the implementation of key elements of EU legislation in terms of the EU – Ukraine Association Agreement (AA, 2014). And according to the Cabinet of Ministry of Ukraine, currently Ukraine implemented about 80% of European Union legal norms into national legislation as for the environmental protection (CMU, 2024). Good example of effective implementation of the EU laws into the legislation of Ukraine is an adapting a new Law of Ukraine on Waste Management (2022), which introduces European principles and European hierarchy in waste management into Ukrainian legislation.
