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[[Category:Tonnage & Waste Types]]

Municipal Solid Waste – or MSW – is a term more extensively used in the EU and includes [[Household Waste]] and any other wastes collected by a [[Waste Collection Authority]], or its agents, such as [[Municipal Parks]] and [[Garden Waste]], [[Beach Cleansing Waste]], [[Commercial Waste]] and waste resulting from the clearance of [[Fly-tipped Materials]]. It can also be used to describe [[Commercial Waste]] that are broadly similar in nature to household wastes as outlined in the definition below.

[[Municipal Solid Waste]] – or [[MSW]] – is a term more extensively used in the EU and includes [[Household Waste]] and any other wastes collected by a [[Waste Collection Authority]], or its agents, such as [[Municipal Parks]] and [[Garden Waste]], [[Beach Cleansing Waste]], [[Commercial Waste]] and waste resulting from the clearance of [[Fly-tipped Materials]]. It can also be used to describe [[Commercial Waste]] that are broadly similar in nature to household wastes as outlined in the definition below.

Municipal Waste was originally defined within Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste but has now been updated and re-defined in Directive 2018/851 amending Directive 2008/98/EC on waste (the [[Waste Framework Directive]]). "Municipal waste" now means <ref>[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32018L0851&from=EN] Directive 2018/851/EC </ref>:

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Municipal waste does not include waste from production, agriculture, forestry, fishing, septic tanks and sewage network and treatment, including sewage sludge, end of life vehicles or [[Construction and Demolition Waste|construction and demolition waste]].

This definition is without prejudice to the allocation of responsibilities for waste ~~managment~~ between public and private sectors.

This definition is without prejudice to the allocation of responsibilities for waste management between public and private sectors.

The definition of municipal waste '''in the UK''' changed in 2010 following negotiations with the EU Commission and the waste community to remove the ambiguity around this term and is now termed ‘[[Local Authority Collected Municipal Waste]]’ or ‘[[Local Authority Collected Waste]]’.

However, further ambiguity may arise in the future with the introduction of the new terms [[Non-Household Municipal Waste]] or [[NHM]] which appeared in the most recent Government consultation on [[Consistency in Recycling Collections in England]].

==References==

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 [[Category:Tonnage & Waste Types]]
-Municipal Solid Waste – or MSW – is a term more extensively used in the EU and includes [[Household Waste]] and any other wastes collected by a [[Waste Collection Authority]], or its agents, such as [[Municipal Parks]] and [[Garden Waste]], [[Beach Cleansing Waste]], [[Commercial Waste]] and waste resulting from the clearance of [[Fly-tipped Materials]]. It can also be used to describe [[Commercial Waste]] that are broadly similar in nature to household wastes as outlined in the definition below.
+[[Municipal Solid Waste]] – or [[MSW]] – is a term more extensively used in the EU and includes [[Household Waste]] and any other wastes collected by a [[Waste Collection Authority]], or its agents, such as [[Municipal Parks]] and [[Garden Waste]], [[Beach Cleansing Waste]], [[Commercial Waste]] and waste resulting from the clearance of [[Fly-tipped Materials]]. It can also be used to describe [[Commercial Waste]] that are broadly similar in nature to household wastes as outlined in the definition below.
 Municipal Waste was originally defined within Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste but has now been updated and re-defined in Directive 2018/851 amending Directive 2008/98/EC on waste (the [[Waste Framework Directive]]). "Municipal waste" now means <ref>[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32018L0851&from=EN] Directive 2018/851/EC </ref>:
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 Municipal waste does not include waste from production, agriculture, forestry, fishing, septic tanks and sewage network and treatment, including sewage sludge, end of life vehicles or [[Construction and Demolition Waste|construction and demolition waste]].
-This definition is without prejudice to the allocation of responsibilities for waste managment between public and private sectors.
+This definition is without prejudice to the allocation of responsibilities for waste management between public and private sectors.
 The definition of municipal waste '''in the UK''' changed in 2010 following negotiations with the EU Commission and the waste community to remove the ambiguity around this term and is now termed ‘[[Local Authority Collected Municipal Waste]]’ or ‘[[Local Authority Collected Waste]]’.
 However, further ambiguity may arise in the future with the introduction of the new terms [[Non-Household Municipal Waste]] or [[NHM]] which appeared in the most recent Government consultation on [[Consistency in Recycling Collections in England]].
+==References==