Skip to main content
BERST - Catalogue of Instruments & Measures
Main menu
About
General search
Search by Objective
Case Studies
Good Practices
You are here
Home
Factsheet: Waste act
Waste act
Key Information
Country/Region:
European Union
›
UNITED KINGDOM
Description:
Energy recovery from waste: The UK is obliged under the revised EU Waste Framework Directive to apply the waste hierarchy. This ranks waste management options in order of environmental preference and the first priority is waste reduction. Recovering energy from waste is only appropriate for waste that cannot be prevented, reused or recycled with less greenhouse gas emitted. Energy recovery can be a sustainable option for waste that would otherwise go to landfill and create landfill methane emissions.
Goal/Aim:
regulate waste management
Type (and subtype) :
Regulatory (binding) instruments
›
Requirements
Sector/Topic targeted:
Waste
Status:
In force
Impact on regional bioeconomy objectives
Fostering effective governance and involvement of the society:
Not Relevant
Building a strong research, development and innovation base:
Not Relevant
Enhancing the creation of jobs and ensuring availability of required skills:
Not Relevant
Building competitive biobased industries:
Not Relevant
Creating a reliable and enabling policy setting:
Not Relevant
Address the (multilevel) cooperations needed to start biobased businesses:
Not Relevant
Creating an attractive environment including infrastructure:
Not Relevant
Availability of financial resources:
Not Relevant
Learning from the strategies/actions of other regions, clusters,...:
Not Relevant
Fostering the development of strong biobased markets:
Not Relevant
Contact References
Full name of Instrument & Measure (English):
Waste Act
Links:
https://www.gov.uk/generating-energy-from-waste-including-anaerobic-digestion
Responsible Authority:
Environment Agency
Contact of Responsible Authority:
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/
Completed by:
Imperial College London
Completed on:
March, 2014
Advanced Information
Feedstock type targeted:
animal waste
postconsumer paper/cardboard
herbacious (incl. verge grass / roadside cuttings)
woody
used cooking oils
biowaste
landfill gas
sludge
Product type targeted:
Bioproducts (fibres, plastics, fertilisers,...)
Food/feed products
Paper and Cardboard products
Electricity
Wood products
Heating/Cooling
Combined Heat and Power
Biofuels (transport)
Value Chain:
Waste/residues/byproducts
Mobilisation/transport/logistics
Conversion / transformation / processing
Comments
Environmental Sustainability Requirements:
sustainable waste management
Material Hierarchy:
waste hierarchy