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Material Quality
Andrew Sullivan
National Operations Waste Unit
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Content
• Legislative duties
• Waste Hierarchy
• High Quality Recycling
• Material Quality Action Plan
• Transfrontier Shipment
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Why is Quality Important
• UK recyclate quality is regarded as poor!
• Need to support UK manufacturing – recyclate imported.
• TFS issues increasing – more frequent ‘green list’ repatriations.
• MRF fines disappearing or mismanaged – illegal disposal.
• Opportunity to add value and contribute to sustainable economic growth.
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Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2011 & 2012
• It shall be the duty of any person who produces or manages controlled waste… …to take all reasonable steps to;
• Apply the waste hierarchy.
• Ensure that the waste
is managed in a manner
that promotes high
quality recycling.
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Waste Hierarchy
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Waste Hierarchy & High Quality Recycling
• Statutory guidance will be consulted on in October.
• Provides the priority order for common waste streams and the evidence base.
• High quality recycling is closed loop recycling.
• Legal duty to design and operate collection and sorting systems in a manner which prioritise high quality recycling.
• High quality recycling tends to need high quality materials to be viable.
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What are the Causes of Low Quality?
• Non-target materials placed in bins by waste producers.
• Co-mingling with unsuitable wastes.
• Over compaction in collection vehicles.
• Physical capability of MRFs to effectively separate materials.
• Poor operational practice within the MRF.
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Material Quality Action Plan
• Systems designed to maximise high quality recycling.
• Reduce source contamination.
• Mandatory input/output sampling at MRFs
• Try to address PRN/PERN imbalance.
• Increased regulation of “green list” exports.
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Source Segregation vs Co-Mingling
• WFD and Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2012 prioritise full source segregation.
• Derogation for co-mingling provided quality of material is “not significantly lower” than if collected separately.
• Co-mingled systems which result in significant tonnage going to lower quality outcomes are unlikely to be compliant with the regulations.
• Need to be able to justify collection method in terms of derogation, waste hierarchy and the duty to promote high quality recycling.
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Collections Hierarchy
Higher
Risk
Lower
Risk
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Mandatory MRF Sampling
• Proposed to start from 2014.
• Implemented through WML/PPC
• Applies to “clean” and “dirty” MRFs over <1000 tonnes per annum.
• Does not apply to C&D MRFs or transfer stations.
• Quarterly reporting to SEPA.
• Data to be made publicly available
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Transfrontier Shipment
• Most exports of MRF sorted material will be under “green list” procedures.
• Unsorted wastes can not be exported under “green list” procedures but must be notified.
• Highly contaminated materials can not be exported under “green list” procedures.
• MRF sorted material carries a higher risk of illegal export and will be the focus of SEPA’s activity.
• Liability for repatriation can come right back to a Local Authority.
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The Good - Cardboard
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The Good – Mixed Plastic Bottles
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The Bad – Unsorted Material
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The Ugly – Clinical Waste
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The Ugly – Food waste
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Conclusions
• Must apply the Hierarchy as a priority order and promote high quality recycling.
• High quality recycling is closed loop recycling.
• Systems which lose significant tonnage to low quality end-uses unlikely to comply with the regulations.
• Reduction of source contamination crucial.
• Mandatory MRF sampling from 2014.
• SEPA stepping up TFS activity on municipal waste.
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Any Questions?