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The Separation of Waste (England) Regulations 2024

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Recyclable household waste and recyclable relevant waste under sections 45A, 45AZA and 45AZB of the 1990 Act

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3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (4), Schedule 1 (recyclable household waste and recyclable relevant waste in the recyclable waste streams) has effect.

(2) Household waste and relevant waste of a description prescribed in Parts 2 to 6 of Schedule 1 is to be treated as—

(a)recyclable household waste for the purposes of sections 45A and 45AZA of the 1990 Act; or

(b)recyclable relevant waste for the purposes of section 45AZB of the 1990 Act.

(3) Household waste of a description prescribed in Part 7 of Schedule 1 is to be treated as recyclable household waste for the purposes of section 45A of the 1990 Act.

(4) The waste described in Parts 2 to 5 of Schedule 1 is to be treated as recyclable household waste or recyclable relevant waste only if—

(a)the waste item is empty;

(b)the waste item is not heavily contaminated by other substances; and

(c)the waste item is not classified as packaging with the waste code 150110 in the List of Waste (packaging containing residues of or contaminated by hazardous substances).

(5) In this regulation, “the List of Waste” means the list of waste contained in the Annex to Commission Decision of 3 May 2000 replacing Decision 94/3/EC establishing a list of wastes pursuant to Article 1(a) of Council Directive 74/442/EEC on waste and Council Decision 94/904/EC establishing a list of hazardous waste pursuant to Article 1(4) of Council Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste (2000/532/EC)(1).

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EUDN 2000/532/EC as amended by S.I. 2020/1540.

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