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Measuring recycling in the UK

Measuring recycling in the UK. Cindy Lee Waste Data Strategy Manager. Source: EU Waste Statistics Regulation 2010. Excludes mining waste. Source: EU Waste Statistics Regulation 2010. Excludes mining waste. UK recycling and recovery targets.

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Measuring recycling in the UK

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  1. Measuring recycling in the UK Cindy Lee Waste Data Strategy Manager

  2. Source: EU Waste Statistics Regulation 2010. Excludes mining waste.

  3. Source: EU Waste Statistics Regulation 2010. Excludes mining waste.

  4. UK recycling and recovery targets • European Union Waste Framework Directive (2008/98/EC) • 50% recycling household & similar waste by 2020 • 70% recovery construction & demolition waste by 2020 • Domestic recycling targets – example Scotland • 60% household waste by 2020 • 70% construction & demolition waste by 2020 • 70% of all waste by 2025

  5. How do we measure recycling? • Household data from WasteDataFlow • Commercial and industrial data for a range of different sources including • sample surveys • models • regulatory returns from permitted sites

  6. Household waste recycling • Data reported by 430 UK local authorities in one system • WasteDataFlow data collection system used since 2006 • Generation and treatment data from same source • Recycling rate calculated with relative ease www.wastedataflow.org

  7. Source: WasteDataFlow

  8. Commercial and industrial waste recycling • Currently no single UK system for data collection • Waste handled by • local authorities • private waste management companies • reprocessors • Generation and treatment data from different sources • Recycling rate is more difficult to determine

  9. Challenges for measuring recycling • Movement of waste between different countries within the UK • Exports from the UK • Not all activities that carry out recycling are required to report • Materials meeting end of waste criteria are not recorded in regulatory returns • Long management chains

  10. Long management chains, bold

  11. New initiatives that will help improve data quality • New regulations for separate collection of recyclable materials • Quality standards for Material Recovery Facilities • Electronic Duty of Care (edoc)

  12. New regulations across the UK • Requirement for separate collection of recyclable materials • paper, plastic, glass and metal • easier to track and measure • Code of Practice for Material Recovery Facilities • more comprehensive data on material quality • assessment of contamination/rejects • potential to improve quality of data on recycling

  13. Electronic Duty of Care (edoc) • UK system for replacing paper waste transfer notes with electronic records • Will provide a more complete and accurate picture of generation and movement of non-hazardous waste around the UK • Four year programme co-financed by the European Commission (LIFE+) and UK partners • To go live in January 2014 www.edoconline.co.uk

  14. Thank you here – 32pt, bold Cindy Lee +44 (0)1786 433943 cindy.lee@zerowastescotland.org.uk

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