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Division 2 Implementation of innovative solutions targeting one of the following:

United Kingdom

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  • separate collection and recycling of waste electric and electronic equipment (WEEE) and/or batteries and accumulators or recycling of WEEE and/or batteries and accumulators,

  • dismantling and recycling of end-of-life vehicles (ELVs),

  • selective deconstruction of construction works or buildings resulting in value-added recycledf1 materials or products,

  • sorting and value-added recycling of plastics f2,

  • separate collection and recycling of bio-waste, and/or

  • recycling of composite materials to recover critical raw materials.

  1. Explanatory note:

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

Value added means recycling into high quality products, i.e. not recycling into aggregates. For the concept see: Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of Regions ‘Towards a circular economy: A zero waste programme for Europe’, COM(2014) 398 final of 2 July 2014, http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A52014DC0398

f2

This includes plastics packaging.

Notes on Division 3

Footnotes

f1

As amended by the Delegated Regulation on the increase of the percentage for nature and biodiversity.