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[[Recycling]] is defined as ‘any recovery operation by which waste materials are reprocessed into products, materials or substances whether for the original or other purposes'. It includes the reprocessing of organic material (e.g. [[Composting]], [[Anaerobic Digestion]] etc.) but excludes the | [[Recycling]] is defined as ‘any recovery operation by which waste materials are reprocessed into products, materials or substances whether for the original or other purposes'. It includes the reprocessing of organic material (e.g. [[Composting]], [[Anaerobic Digestion]] etc.) but excludes energy recovery and the reprocessing into materials that are to be used as fuels or for [[Backfilling]] operations.’ <ref>[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32008L0098&from=EN] Waste Framework Directive 2008 </ref> <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-waste-data UK Statistics on Waste 2019] updating some of the 2018 Digest with 2017 data </ref>. | ||
==Collection== | ==Collection== | ||