Transcript Household waste recycling

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
• 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
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
Household waste recycling
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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
Source: WasteDataFlow
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
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
Long management chains, bold
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)
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
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
Thank you here – 32pt, bold
Cindy Lee
+44 (0)1786 433943
[email protected]