Crestwood
Autumn 2013 Newsletter
environmental
Revised Aggregates Quality Protocol: Producing Aggregates from Inert Waste
The Quality Protocol for the ‘Production of
Aggregates from Inert Waste’ was first published
in 2004. However, this has now been superseded
with the publication of the ‘Quality Protocol (QP)
- Aggregates from Inert Waste; End of Waste
Criteria for the Production of Aggregates from
Inert Waste’, 2013.
This QP has been produced jointly between the
Environment Agency and WRAP initiative in
collaboration with industry and funded by the
Department for the Environment, Food and Rural
Affairs, the Welsh Assembly Government and the
Northern Ireland Environment Agency.
? Marking
requirem ents contained in the
Construction Products Regulations and EU
Aggregates Standards implemented in July
2013.
The first stage of an online QP checker tool has
been launched by the Environment Agency
enabling companies to easily check compliance
with the QP requirements.
The revised QP is now applicable in England,
Wales and Northern Ireland although existing
operators have a transition period and need to be
complaint by 1 January 2014.
Whether you are proposing to process inert
waste for the production of aggregates or already
do so, CEL can produce site specific waste
acceptance criteria, factory production manuals,
relevant training and undertake independent
reviews of systems to ensure full compliance with
the revised QP.
If you process inert waste for the production of
aggregates in accordance with the QP the
material produced falls outside the Waste
Framework Directive and can be sold as a
product.
Changes to the QP include:
? Compliance with latest approved European
standard, the factory production control. This
requires a factory production manual to be
produced and implemented along with
appropriate staff training and periodic
reviews;
? Documented Waste Acceptance Procedures
are required although these should already be
in place on a currently Permitted site;
? An updated list of acceptable waste types;
Odour Article
Roger Grainger, Senior Environmental
Consultant, had an odour article published in
the September edition of the AWE Journal
(Air, Water and Environment. The article dealt
with planning and regulatory issues relating to
potential odour releases from processes.
The link is at www.aweimagazine.com
? Improved guidance on testing procedures,
storage, handling and transportation of
aggregates; and
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