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An Energy Recovery Facility, in the broadest context, is the conversion of (non-recyclable) waste into usable heat, electricity, or fuel through a variety of processes, including [[Combustion]], [[Gasification]], [[Pyrolysis]], [[Anaerobic Digestion]], and [[Landfill Gas]] recovery <ref name='ref2'>European Bioplastics, 2015. [https://docs.european-bioplastics.org/publications/bp/EUBP_BP_Energy_recovery.pdf Energy Recovery Fact Sheet APR 2015.] [online] [Accessed 30 Oct. 2019].</ref>.

An [[Energy Recovery Facility]] ([[ERF]]), in the broadest context, is the conversion of (non-recyclable) waste into usable heat, electricity, or fuel through a variety of processes, including [[Combustion]], [[Gasification]], [[Pyrolysis]], [[Anaerobic Digestion]], and [[Landfill Gas]] recovery <ref name='ref2'>European Bioplastics, 2015. [https://docs.european-bioplastics.org/publications/bp/EUBP_BP_Energy_recovery.pdf Energy Recovery Fact Sheet APR 2015.] [online] [Accessed 30 Oct. 2019].</ref>.

Energy Recovery generally refers to facilities where the main purpose is generation of energy, and formal [[R1]] accreditation has been awarded<ref name='ref1'>Defra, 2019. [https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/784263/UK_Statistics_on_Waste_statistical_notice_March_2019_rev_FINAL.pdf UK Statistics on Waste. London: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Government Statistical Service.]</ref>.

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-An Energy Recovery Facility, in the broadest context, is the conversion of (non-recyclable) waste into usable heat, electricity, or fuel through a variety of processes, including [[Combustion]], [[Gasification]], [[Pyrolysis]], [[Anaerobic Digestion]], and [[Landfill Gas]] recovery <ref name='ref2'>European Bioplastics, 2015. [https://docs.european-bioplastics.org/publications/bp/EUBP_BP_Energy_recovery.pdf Energy Recovery Fact Sheet APR 2015.] [online] [Accessed 30 Oct. 2019].</ref>.
+An [[Energy Recovery Facility]] ([[ERF]]), in the broadest context, is the conversion of (non-recyclable) waste into usable heat, electricity, or fuel through a variety of processes, including [[Combustion]], [[Gasification]], [[Pyrolysis]], [[Anaerobic Digestion]], and [[Landfill Gas]] recovery <ref name='ref2'>European Bioplastics, 2015. [https://docs.european-bioplastics.org/publications/bp/EUBP_BP_Energy_recovery.pdf Energy Recovery Fact Sheet APR 2015.] [online] [Accessed 30 Oct. 2019].</ref>.
 Energy Recovery generally refers to facilities where the main purpose is generation of energy, and formal [[R1]] accreditation has been awarded<ref name='ref1'>Defra, 2019. [https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/784263/UK_Statistics_on_Waste_statistical_notice_March_2019_rev_FINAL.pdf UK Statistics on Waste. London: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Government Statistical Service.]</ref>.