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* Preparing for re-use - checking, cleaning, repairing, refurbishing whole items or spare parts.
* Preparing for re-use - checking, cleaning, repairing, refurbishing whole items or spare parts.
* [[Recycling]] - Turning waste materials into new products. Includes [[Composting]] if Quality Protocols are met.
* [[Recycling]] - Turning waste materials into new products. Includes [[Composting]] if Quality Protocols are met.
* Other [[Recovery]] - Includes incineration with energy recovery, [[Gasification]] and [[Pyrolysis]] whcih produce energy (fuels, heat and power) and [[Anaerobic Digestion]]
* Other [[Recovery]] - Includes [[Incineration with Energy Recovery]], [[Gasification]] and [[Pyrolysis]] which produce energy (fuels, heat and power) and [[Anaerobic Digestion]]
* [[Disposal]] - Landfill and incineration without energy recovery.
* [[Disposal]] - [[Landfill]] and [[Incineration without Energy Recovery]].


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Waste Hierarchy
Waste Hierarchy

The Waste Hierarchy is defined in Article 4 of the Waste Framework Directive 2008/98/EC and transposed into legislation by the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2012, as amended. The Waste Hierarchy applies as a priority order in waste prevention and management legislation and policy:

Pictorial diagram of the Waste Hierarchy.[1]

References