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*A ban on material collected for recycling going to landfill or incineration (from 1 January 2014); | *A ban on material collected for recycling going to landfill or incineration (from 1 January 2014); | ||
*A ban on [[Biodegradable Municipal Waste]] going to landfill by 1 January 2021; | *A ban on [[Biodegradable Municipal Waste]] going to landfill by 1 January 2021; | ||
*All businesses and organisations to present key recyclable material for collection from 1 January | *All businesses and organisations to present key recyclable material for collection from 1 January 2014; | ||
2014; | *Food waste businesses producing over 50kg of food waste per week to present it for separate collection from 1 January 2014; | ||
*Food waste businesses producing over 50kg of food waste per week to present it for separate | *Food waste businesses producing over 5kg of food waste a week to present it for separate collection from 1 January 2016; | ||
collection from 1 January 2014; | |||
*Food waste businesses producing over 5kg of food waste a week to present it for separate collection | |||
from 1 January 2016; | |||
*A ban on the use of macerators to discharge food waste into the public sewer from 1 January 2016; | *A ban on the use of macerators to discharge food waste into the public sewer from 1 January 2016; | ||
*All new [[Energy Recovery Facility|incinerators]] must ensure that metals and dense plastics have been removed from residual municipal waste prior to incineration<ref>https://www.nic.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/NIC-Anthesis-Report-and-Appendicies-FINAL.pdf</ref> | *All new [[Energy Recovery Facility|incinerators]] must ensure that metals and dense plastics have been removed from residual municipal waste prior to incineration<ref>https://www.nic.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/NIC-Anthesis-Report-and-Appendicies-FINAL.pdf</ref> | ||