9. Contribution to National Targets
9.1 Recycling
Recyclate derived from an Incineration plan
t processing household waste qualifies
for Recycling on any materials recovered prio
r to the primary treat
ment reactor, for
example if the plant has a ‘front end’ Ma
terials Recovery Facility extracting metals,
glass or plastics. In addition,
metals extracted after ther
mal treatment also qualify for
recycling targets. Any other materials reco
vered after the thermal treatment process
(e.g. Incinerator bottom ash or flue gas
treatment residues) do not count towards
recycling targets.
Recyclate must pass to the reprocessor (and
not be rejected for quality reasons) to
count as recycling. It should be noted that some materials may have market
limitations due to being derived
from a mixed
MSW source.
Defra’s Waste Policy Review
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(2011) identified the national recycling and
composting targets for household wast
e of 50% by 2020, in line with the
requirements of the revised Waste Framework Directive