Proceedings

•Legal Test for End of Waste
–Materials outside the scope of the Waste Framework Directive
–Definition of “waste”
–Byproducts
–End of Waste
•Organic Wastes – particular challenges
•EU End of Waste Criteria + UK Quality Protocols
•REACH

Waste Framework Directive
•Is the material subject to the Waste Framework Directive?
•Automatically excluded:-
–“faecal matter not covered by the Animal Byproducts Regulation and straw and other natural non-hazardous agricultural or forestry material used in farming, forestry or for the production of energy from biomass”
•Excluded where covered by other legislation:-
–Waste waters
–Animal byproducts other than those destined for incineration, landfilling or use in a biogas or composting plant