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Section 45AZB: England: separate collection of industrial or commercial waste

Environmental Protection Act 1990 · 1990 c. 43View on legislation.gov.uk

Part II: Waste on Land

This section applies in relation to arrangements for industrial or commercial waste to be collected from premises in England by a person who, in collecting the waste—

is acting in the course of a business (whether or not for profit), or
is exercising a public function (including a function under section 45(1)(b) or (2)).

The first condition is that recyclable relevant waste must be collected separately from other relevant waste.

The second condition is that recyclable relevant waste must be collected for recycling or composting.

The third condition is that recyclable relevant waste in each recyclable waste stream must be collected separately, except so far as provided by subsection (6).

Recyclable relevant waste in two or more recyclable waste streams may be collected together where—

it is not technically or economically practicable to collect recyclable relevant waste in those recyclable waste streams separately, or
collecting recyclable relevant waste in those recyclable waste streams separately has no significant environmental benefit (having regard to the overall environmental impact of collecting it separately and of collecting it together).

But recyclable relevant waste within subsection (10)(a) to (d) may not be collected together with recyclable relevant waste within subsection (10)(e).

Relevant waste is "recyclable relevant waste" if—

it is within any of the recyclable waste streams, and
it is of a description specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State.

For the purposes of this section the "recyclable waste streams" are—

glass;
metal;
plastic;
paper and card;
food waste.

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