Waste Stream (Jargon Buster) G#1276 N#1269

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Waste Stream (Jargon Buster)

Waste Stream (Jargon Buster)
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Definition

• The Waste Stream is those items defined as being within the legal waste hierarchy in the UK.
• This is in the process of changing from the waste hierarchy included within the England and Wales Waste Strategy (Defra, 2007) which are:
  • reuse, recycle, compost, energy recovery and waste disposal
• to the new hierarchy as set out by the EU Waste Framework Directive (2008) as:
  • preparing for reuse, recycling, other recovery (e.g. energy recovery) and disposal.
• There are two main differences:
• Firstly, the replacement of ‘reuse’ with ‘preparing for reuse’.
• This means that reclamation remains in the waste stream whereas removing items for reuse is not.
• As a result reclamation/salvage still requires careful compliance with Environment Agency legislation, and on-site reclamation is not legislated in the same manner as transporting and storage of items for reuse.
• So, removing of items for reuse (e.g. taking away a surplus pile of bricks from a construction sites or a sofa) may be exempt from legislation (See: waste carriers and waste brokerage licenses).
• Secondly, composting is no longer classified with recycling but under recovery (lower down the hierarchy).

• It is likely that downcycling (recycling processes that downgrade items into lower value materials, such as chipping of timber for compost or crushing of concrete/brick/other inert items to become aggregate) may not in the future be classified as recycling but under recovery.

(BioRegional JE ’11)

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22nd November 2013 – 4th January 2017

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22nd November 2013 – 4th January 2017

Waste Stream (Jargon Buster)
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Initials Abbreviations Acronyms

• ½W2L
• BRE
• BREW
• C2C
• C2CN
• Carpet Recycling
• CRWP
• EA
• FSP
• HWTL
• NISP
• REAP
• SWMP
• WRAP

Words and Phrases

• Architectural Salvage
• BREW Crew
• Environment Agency (EA)
• Envirowise
• Flooring Sustainability Partnership (FSP)
• Landfill
• Landrise
• National Industry Symbiosis Programme (NISP)
• Recycle
• Resource Efficiency
• Resource Efficiency Action Programme (REAP)
• Reuse
• Site Waste Management Plan (SWMP)
• Waste Hierarchy
• Waste Stream (this page)
• Waste & Resource Action Programme (WRAP)
• WasteCost®Lite (Jargon Buster) G#1297 N#1289

GBE Links

• BRE
• QuickWins
• SWMP
• Envirowise
• EA
• BRE
• Cradle to Cradle
• LCA
• Envirowise
• NISP
• WRAP

© GBE NGS ASWS BrianSpecMan aka Brian Murphy
22nd November 2013 – 4th January 2017