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Sorting and material recovery from non-hazardous waste — Contribution to the transition to a Circular Economy

Sector: Waste and Water
Description

The processing of separately collected non-hazardous waste streams into usable secondary raw materials involving mechanical reprocessing or mechanical transformation process.

Scope of Assets

Construction, upgrade, and operation of facilities for the sorting and/or recovery of non-hazardous waste streams using mechanical transformation process:

- Material recovery facilities

The activity includes procurement and installation of waste sorting and recovery equipment:

- Machinery and equipment for weighing, dismantling, sorting, shredding, crushing, cutting, baling, pelletizing and other recovery technologies (including air classifiers, conveyor belts, and magnetic belts).

- Includes workers personal protective equipment

PSIC/ISIC code

38300 - Materials recovery (ISIC 3830)

42900 - Construction of other civil engineering projects (ISIC 4290)

Technical Screening Criteria

Substantial contribution criteria

The activity complies with all the following criteria:

  1. The non-hazardous waste feedstock originates from one or multiple of the following sources:
    • Separately collected and transported waste, including in commingled fractions
    • Non-hazardous waste fractions originating from dismantling and depollution activities from end-of-life products
    • Construction and demolition waste from selective demolition or otherwise segregated at source
  2. The facility implements relevant waste segregation measures or procedures to ensure that the incoming waste, is kept separated depending on its properties in order to enable easier and environmentally safer storage and treatment
  3. The activity results in a recovery efficiency of at least 50% by weight of all non-hazardous waste received by the facility into secondary raw materials:
    • The quality of converted secondary raw materials should be suitable for the substitution of primary raw materials
    • For the purpose of calculating the recovery percentage of 50%, any processed waste that is used for backfilling purposes must be excluded from the calculation and must not be counted as either input or recovered output
    • The facility implements a tracking and inventory system aiming to track the location and quantity of waste in the plant to enable the following:
      • Implement a waste characterization procedure and a setrict waste acceptance procedure regarding the quality of incoming waste
      • Track recovery performance or attainment of applicable recovery rates.
      • Implement output quality management system to ensure that the output of the waste treatment is in line with applicable quality requirements or standards
  4. The use of appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) is ensured for all personnel involved in operations.
Complementary measures and practices

Any of the eligible complementary measures and practices mentioned below can be applied to support transition to circularity:

  1. The measures implemented to prevent and control potential environmental pollution, including dust control, odor management, noise control, water pollution prevention, litter control and fire prevention.
  2. The measures to upgrade the electrical systems to accommodate the power requirements of the facility and enhance the reliability, safety, efficiency and scalability of electrical infrastructure, reducing the risk of overloads, outages and disruptions to operations.
  3. The following Internet of Things (IoT) based measures are eligible to streamline waste recovery operations and increase efficiency:
    • Digitized weighing platforms, stations and machines: Provide accurate and reliable weighing of input and processed waste, to enable tracking and inventory.
    • Centralized Monitoring System: A control room monitors real-time data from digitized weighing machines and recovery equipment to optimize waste recovery operations.
    • Data Analytics: Advanced analytics can be used to identify trends, optimize resource allocation, and optimize recovery operations
    • Mobile apps to integrate the waste supply chain by linking recovery facility operators to waste producers, waste collectors and potential buyers of secondary raw materials.
  4. Additional capacity building and training programs specifically on the following topics are eligible:
    • Occupational health and safety, and use of personal protective equipment
    • Technical and management training to ensure efficient waste recovery and management.
    • Implementation of quality assurance initiatives which involve characterization, monitoring, recording, and validation of waste to ensure traceability, logistics optimization, and data transparency.
Exclusionary and ineligible practices

The activity does not include the following:

  1. Materials recovery from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE), which is covered under activity ‘Treatment of hazardous waste’.
  2. Use of recovered materials for backfilling purposes, i.e., filling voids, pits, or excavations without producing usable secondary raw materials.
  3. Sorting and recovery of combustible fractions from mixed waste for the production of refuse derived fuel.
  4. Facilities and equipment that involve chemical recycling and incineration.
Do No Significant Harm (DNSH)
Minimum Social Safeguards (MSS)