Waste - England and Wales
Enters into force - 31 July 2016
The Waste (Meaning of Recovery) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2016 amend five pieces of environmental legislation in Wales. Amendments address changes to the Waste Framework Directive (2008/98/EC) by Directive (EU) 2015/1127. Directive 2015/1127 added a correction factor to address differences in the local climate of installations for the recovery of energy from waste.
The correction factor is to be applied when calculating energy efficiency to determine if the installation qualifies for classification as a site carrying out R1 (use of waste principally as a fuel or other means to generate energy) recovery operations. If the factor is not met, the installation is deemed to be carrying out a disposal operation.