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* Preparing for re-use - checking, cleaning, repairing, refurbishing whole items or spare parts. | * Preparing for re-use - checking, cleaning, repairing, refurbishing whole items or spare parts. | ||
* [[Recycling]] - Turning waste materials into new products. Includes [[Composting]] if Quality Protocols are met. | * [[Recycling]] - Turning waste materials into new products. Includes [[Composting]] if Quality Protocols are met. | ||
* Other [[Recovery]] - Includes | * Other [[Recovery]] - Includes [[Incineration with Energy Recovery]], [[Gasification]] and [[Pyrolysis]] which produce energy (fuels, heat and power) and [[Anaerobic Digestion]] | ||
* [[Disposal]] - Landfill and | * [[Disposal]] - [[Landfill]] and [[Incineration without Energy Recovery]]. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 09:05, 20 November 2019
The Waste Hierarchy is defined in Article 4 of the Waste Framework Directive 2008/98/EC and transposed into legislation by the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2012, as amended. The Waste Hierarchy applies as a priority order in waste prevention and management legislation and policy:
Pictorial diagram of the Waste Hierarchy.[1]
- Prevention - using less material in design and manufacture. Keeping products for longer.
- Preparing for re-use - checking, cleaning, repairing, refurbishing whole items or spare parts.
- Recycling - Turning waste materials into new products. Includes Composting if Quality Protocols are met.
- Other Recovery - Includes Incineration with Energy Recovery, Gasification and Pyrolysis which produce energy (fuels, heat and power) and Anaerobic Digestion
- Disposal - Landfill and Incineration without Energy Recovery.