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21[F1“Biodegradable waste”, “municipal waste” and “local authority collected municipal waste”]U.K.
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(1)In this Chapter “biodegradable waste” means any waste that is capable of undergoing anaerobic or aerobic decomposition, such as—
food and garden waste, and
paper and paperboard.
[F2(2)In this Chapter—
(a)“biodegradable municipal waste” means waste that is both biodegradable waste and municipal waste; and
(b)“biodegradable local authority collected municipal waste” means waste that is both biodegradable waste and local authority collected municipal waste.]
[F3(3)In this section “municipal waste” means—
(a)mixed waste and separately collected waste from households, including paper and cardboard, glass, metals, plastics, bio-waste, wood, textiles, packaging, waste electrical and electronic equipment, waste batteries and accumulators, and bulky waste, including mattresses and furniture; and
(b)mixed waste and separately collected waste from other sources, where such waste is similar in nature and composition to waste from households.
(3A)But municipal waste does not include waste from production, agriculture, forestry, fishing, septic tanks and sewage network and treatment, including sewage sludge, end-of-life vehicles or waste generated by construction and demolition activities.]
[F4(4)In subsection (2) “local authority collected municipal waste” means any municipal waste which is collected under arrangements made by a waste collection authority or a waste disposal authority.
(5)In subsection (4) “waste collection authority”—
(a)in relation to England and Wales and Scotland, has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990;
(b)in relation to Northern Ireland, means a district council.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 21 heading substituted (21.11.2011) by The Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2499), regs. 1(2), 6(1)
F2S. 21(2) substituted (21.11.2011) by The Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2499), regs. 1(2), 6(2)(a)
F3S. 21(3)(3A) substituted for s. 21(3) (1.10.2020) by The Waste (Circular Economy) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/904), regs. 1(1), 5(2)
F4S. 21(4)(5) inserted (21.11.2011) by The Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2499), regs. 1(2), 6(2)(c)
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