These proposed definitions are listed below for ease of reference.
Municipal Waste Stream means:
(a) mixed waste and separately collected waste from households including:
– paper and cardboard, glass metals, plastics, bio-waste, wood, textiles, waste electrical and electronic equipment, waste batteries and accumulators;
– bulky waste, including white goods, mattresses, furniture;
– garden waste, including leaves, grass clipping;
(b) mixed waste and separately collected waste from other sources that is comparable to household waste in nature, composition and quantity.
(c) market cleansing waste and waste from street cleaning services, including street sweepings, the content of litter containers, waste from park and garden maintenance.
Municipal waste does not include waste from sewage network and treatment, including sewage sludge and construction and demolition waste.
Bio-Waste:
means biodegradable garden and park waste, food and kitchen waste from households, restaurants, caterers and retail premises, comparable waste from food processing plants and other waste with similar biodegradability properties that is comparable in nature, composition and quantity.
Preparing for re-use means:
“preparing for re-use” means checking, cleaning or repairing recovery operations, by which waste, products or components of products that have been collected by a recognised preparation for re-use operator or deposit-refund scheme are prepared so that they can be re-used without any other pre-processing;’;
Final Recycling Process means:
The recycling process which begins when no further mechanical sorting operation is needed and waste materials enter a production process and are effectively reprocessed into products, materials or substances; EN 14 EN
Backfilling means:
Any recovery operation where suitable waste is used for reclamation purposes in excavated areas or for engineering purposes in landscaping or construction instead of other non-waste materials which would otherwise have been used for that purpose.
Rules on the calculation of the attainment of the targets laid down in Article 11
For the purpose of calculating whether the targets laid down in Article 11(2)(c) and (d) and 11(3) have been attained,
(a) the weight of the municipal waste recycled shall be understood as the weight of the input waste entering the final recycling process;
(b) the weight of the municipal waste prepared for reuse shall be understood as the weight of municipal waste that has been recovered or collected by a recognised preparation for re-use operator and has undergone all necessary checking, cleaning and repairing operations to enable re-use without further sorting or pre-processing;
(c) Member States may include products and components prepared for re-use by recognised preparation for re-use operators or deposit-refund schemes. For the calculation of the adjusted rate of municipal waste prepared for re-use and recycled taking into account the weight of the products and components prepared for re-use, Member States shall use verified data from the operators and apply the formula set out in Annex VI.
More information
For more information, see the European Commission document which opens as a PDF: Amending Waste Directive
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