Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011 advert image shown if present

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These Regulations implement the revised Waste Framework Directive (Directive 2008/98/EC), with Regulation 12 imposing a duty on organisations to apply the waste hierarchy in priority order of:
(a) prevention;
(b) preparing for re-use;
(c) recycling;
(d) other recovery (for example energy recovery);
(e) disposal.