Municipal Waste Data Monitoring and Reporting: Interim Guidelines

COMPOSTING
CONTROLLED WASTE
DISPOSAL
FLY TIPPED WASTE
CLEARANCE
The autothermic and thermophilic biological decomposition of
separately collected biodegradable waste in the presence of
oxygen and under controlled conditions by the action of microand
macro-organisms in order to produce compost;
There are also sub-categories of composting as follows:
Windrow composting
The composting of biodegradable placed in elongated heaps
which are periodically turned by mechanical means in order to
increase the porosity of the heap and increase the homogeneity of
the waste;
In-vessel composting
The composting of biodegradable in a closed reactor where the
composting process is accelerated by an optimised air exchange,
water content and temperature control;
Home composting
The composting of the biodegradable as well as the use of the
compost in a garden belonging to a private household;
On-site composting
The composting of the biodegradable where it is generated.
Community composting
The composting of biodegradable by a group of people in a
locality with the aim at composting their own and other people’s
biodegradable in order to manage the supplied biodegradable as
close as possible to the point at which it was produced.
(For the purposes of these Interim Guidelines, “Home
Composting” shall be excluded from the determination of KPIs).
Household, industrial and commercial waste or any such waste.
Any waste management operation serving or carrying out the
final treatment and disposal of waste. It covers the following main
operations:
Final treatment: Incineration without energy recovery (on land; at
sea); Biological, physical, chemical treatment resulting in products
or residues that are discarded, i.e. going to final disposal.
Final disposal: Deposit into or onto land (e.g. landfill), including
specially engineered landfill; deep injection; surface
impoundment; release into water bodies; permanent storage
OECD-Eurostat Joint Questionnaire on waste
Any type of waste material fly tipped or dumped illegally on
premises or in locations for which the District Council has
responsibility.