Waste Upholstered Domestic Seating: Difference between revisions

Line 1:

[[Category:Tonnage & Waste Types]]

[[Waste Upholstered Domestic Seating]] or [[WUDS]] that used certain [[wikipedia: Persistent organic pollutant|Persistent Organic Pollutants]] (also known as POPS) as [[wikipedia: Flame retardant|flame retardants]] require treatments that destroy them. Thermal treatment ~~is one of the ways to achieve this and a ban on~~ [[~~WUDS~~]] to ~~[[landfill]]~~ and the latest guidelines by the [[EA~~]] in~~ the ~~form of a Regulatory Position Statement are due to be issued in~~ December ~~2022~~ - ~~indicating [[WUDS]~~] ~~should be sent to~~ [[~~EfW~~]] ~~facilities. If~~ [[~~WUDS~~]] ~~require shredding prior to being sent~~ to [[~~EfW~~]~~] then there will be implications for~~ dust ~~capture~~ and ~~control~~.

[[Waste Upholstered Domestic Seating]] or [[WUDS]] that used certain [[wikipedia: Persistent organic pollutant|Persistent Organic Pollutants]] (also known as POPS) as [[wikipedia: Flame retardant|flame retardants]] require treatments that destroy them. Thermal treatment via [[incineration]] is required to achieve this and the latest guidelines and Regulatory Position Statements (RPS) were issued by the EA on the 19th December, as listed below:

* Guidance: Manage waste upholstered domestic seating containing POPs<ref>[https://www.gov.uk/guidance/manage-waste-upholstered-domestic-seating-containing-pops gov.uk guidance link on managing upholstered domestic seating containing POPS]</ref> ([[EWC]] waste code [[EWCChap20|20 03 07]] is to be used)

* Guidance: Reusing upholstered domestic seating containing POPs<ref>[https://www.gov.uk/guidance/reusing-upholstered-domestic-seating-containing-pops gov.uk guidance link on reusing upholstered domestic seating containing POPS]</ref>

* RPS 264: Shredding waste upholstered domestic seating containing POPs<ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/shredding-waste-upholstered-domestic-seating-containing-pops-rps-264/shredding-waste-upholstered-domestic-seating-containing-pops-rps-264 gov.uk link RPS 264]</ref> (requiring shredding in an enclosed building with dust suppression and controls)

* RPS 265: Temporary storage of waste upholstered domestic seating containing POPs<ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-storage-of-waste-upholstered-domestic-seating-containing-pops-rps-265/temporary-storage-of-waste-upholstered-domestic-seating-containing-pops-rps-265 gov.uk link RPS 265]</ref>

* RPS 266: Segregating waste upholstered domestic seating that may contain POPs at HWRCs<ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/segregating-waste-upholstered-domestic-seating-that-may-contain-pops-at-hwrcs-rps-266/segregating-waste-upholstered-domestic-seating-that-may-contain-persistent-organic-pollutants-pops-at-hwrcs-rps-266 gov.link RPS 266]</ref>

==References==

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 [[Category:Tonnage & Waste Types]]
-[[Waste Upholstered Domestic Seating]] or [[WUDS]] that used certain [[wikipedia: Persistent organic pollutant|Persistent Organic Pollutants]] (also known as POPS) as [[wikipedia: Flame retardant|flame retardants]] require treatments that destroy them. Thermal treatment is one of the ways to achieve this and a ban on [[WUDS]] to [[landfill]] and the latest guidelines by the [[EA]] in the form of a Regulatory Position Statement are due to be issued in December 2022 - indicating [[WUDS]] should be sent to [[EfW]] facilities. If [[WUDS]] require shredding prior to being sent to [[EfW]] then there will be implications for dust capture and control.
+[[Waste Upholstered Domestic Seating]] or [[WUDS]] that used certain [[wikipedia: Persistent organic pollutant|Persistent Organic Pollutants]] (also known as POPS) as [[wikipedia: Flame retardant|flame retardants]] require treatments that destroy them. Thermal treatment via [[incineration]] is required to achieve this and the latest guidelines and Regulatory Position Statements (RPS) were issued by the EA on the 19th December, as listed below:
+* Guidance: Manage waste upholstered domestic seating containing POPs<ref>[https://www.gov.uk/guidance/manage-waste-upholstered-domestic-seating-containing-pops gov.uk guidance link on managing upholstered domestic seating containing POPS]</ref> ([[EWC]] waste code [[EWCChap20|20 03 07]] is to be used)
+* Guidance: Reusing upholstered domestic seating containing POPs<ref>[https://www.gov.uk/guidance/reusing-upholstered-domestic-seating-containing-pops gov.uk guidance link on reusing upholstered domestic seating containing POPS]</ref>
+* RPS 264: Shredding waste upholstered domestic seating containing POPs<ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/shredding-waste-upholstered-domestic-seating-containing-pops-rps-264/shredding-waste-upholstered-domestic-seating-containing-pops-rps-264 gov.uk link RPS 264]</ref> (requiring shredding in an enclosed building with dust suppression and controls)
+* RPS 265: Temporary storage of waste upholstered domestic seating containing POPs<ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-storage-of-waste-upholstered-domestic-seating-containing-pops-rps-265/temporary-storage-of-waste-upholstered-domestic-seating-containing-pops-rps-265 gov.uk link RPS 265]</ref>
+* RPS 266: Segregating waste upholstered domestic seating that may contain POPs at HWRCs<ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/segregating-waste-upholstered-domestic-seating-that-may-contain-pops-at-hwrcs-rps-266/segregating-waste-upholstered-domestic-seating-that-may-contain-persistent-organic-pollutants-pops-at-hwrcs-rps-266 gov.link RPS 266]</ref>
+==References==