The User Manual provides further elaboration of the definitions
used for each of the quantitative indicators. Indicator 3, the recycling
rate, includes both formal and informal recycling (Velis
et al., 2012); and both dry recyclables and organic valorisation
(from composting, anaerobic digestion and animal feed); quantities
collected for recycling should be adjusted downwards to allow
for any materials subsequently rejected and sent to disposal or
thermal treatment; and materials recycling from treatment plants,
including e.g. paper or plastics recycling at MBT plants or metals
recovery from waste-to-energy bottom ash, is ‘counted’ here.