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*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> | ||
==Northern Ireland== | |||
The Municipal Waste targets for Northern Ireland are found within the Northern Ireland Waste Management Strategy, Delivering REsource Effiency <ref>https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/sites/default/files/publications/doe/waste-policy-delivering-resource-efficiency-northern-ireland-waste-management-strategy-2013.pdf</ref>. the targets are as follows: | |||
*To achieve a recycling rate of 50% (including preparing for re-use) of Household waste by 2020. | |||
*To achieve a recycling rate of 60% (including preparing for re-use) of [[LACMW]] by 2020. | |||
*To achieve a recovery rate (including preparing for re-use, recycling and other material recovery) of 70% for all non-hazardous Construction and Demolition waste by 2020. | |||
*To landfill no more than 429,000 tonnes of [[Biodegradable Municipal Waste]] by 2020. | |||
*To landfill no more than 220,000 tonnes of biodegradable [[LACMW]] by 2020 | |||
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