Section 29(5A)

In relation to controlled waste— and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly. a reference to the management of such waste is a reference to the collection, transport, recovery and disposal of such waste and includes— the supervision of such operations; the after-care of disposal sites; and actions taken as a broker or dealer; “collection” means the gathering of such waste, including the preliminary sorting and preliminary storage of such waste for the purposes of transport to a waste treatment facility; and “separate collection” means that waste is presented for collection, and collected, in a manner that ensures that— dry recyclable waste is kept separate from other waste; waste from one dry waste stream is kept separate from waste in another such stream; and food waste is kept separate from other waste; “recovery” refers to any of the operations listed in Part III of Schedule 4 to the Waste Management Licensing (Scotland) Regulations 2011, and any other operation the principal result of which is waste serving a useful purpose by replacing other materials which would otherwise have been used to fulfil a particular function, or waste being prepared to fulfil that function, in a plant or in the wider economy,

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-07-30