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COMMENT 4 Local Authority Waste & Recycling January 2015 On your marks, get set...TEEP New rules requiring the separate collection of paper, plastic, metals and glass for recycling came into force this month. The revised EU Waste Framework Directive has been transposed into law in England and Wales through the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011. Regulation 13 of these rules introduces the requirement for the separate collection of the above materials where this is "necessary to promote high quality recycling and is technically, environmentally and economically practicable (TEEP)". Furthermore, once separated, all reasonable steps must be taken to keep items separate wherever this is necessary to provide high quality recyclates. The regulations specify that mixed dry recyclables must be collected separately, not commingled. And they must not be remixed later. Commingling will only be permissible after 2015 where it provides high quality recyclates or where separate collection is not practicable. The purpose of Regulation 13 is to improve the subsequent quality of recycled material by reducing con- tamination on collection. Local authorities will have been considering the implica- tions of the regulations well before 1 January 2015 but a basic flaw in the regulations means that whilst household waste streams will have to be collected separately, there is no obligation for commercial and industrial waste producers to separate out their waste. Also, the lack of formal guidance from Defra on TEEP has concerned the resource management industry. Even though there has been informal guidance from the Welsh Government and the Environment Agency, many questions are still left unanswered. In this issue, LRS Consultancy's Geoff Green hopes to provide answers to some of these questions. He gives tips to councils on how to fit TEEP considerations into their procurement cycles. Elsewhere, the export of waste used as feedstock to create refuse derived fuel (RDF) has become increasingly popular with industry in recent years. It means municipal and com- mercial waste can be baled and wrapped and then exported rather than having to landfill it in the UK. The UK exports most of its waste to create RDF feedstock to the Netherlands. We look at the matter from a Dutch perspective on page 20. Liz Gyekye, Editor Follow me on Twitter: @LAWR_editor BOa: The green way of recycling! energy savings? BOa ecOline Impress baler Our impress baler's, M and D Series, can be delivered with steel wire tying and PP twine tying, combined on one machine. Boa Recycling Program We develop and deliver among other: • Balers (Impress®, Continette, Baseline) • Bag openers • Shredders • reel Splitters • conveyors The BOA BAler Type ecOline cAn reduce pOwer cOnsumpTiOn By up TO 60%. BOa recycling equiPMenT BV T +31 (0) 534 300 300 e infO@BOarecycling.nl www.BoaRecyclIng.com We manufacture bespoke Shredders for Shredding... \Clinical Waste \Tyres \Metal \Mobile Shredding \Plastics \Confidential Documents \WEEE \Electronic Media Storage Devices \Textiles \Organic Waste \Fuel Large, coarse, superfine and everything in between at Ulster Shredders. Cogry Works, 65 Creagh Rd, Castledawson Magherafelt. BT45 8EW T. +44 28 7965 0050 F. +44 28 7965 0025 Want to find out more about our range of Industrial Shredders? Email us at info@ulstershredders.com or visit our website. ulstershredders.com

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