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Description

Records of International shipments of Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) permitted under the Shipment of Waste Regulations 2007. Refuse-derived fuel (RDF) is waste typically from the mechanical treatment of waste (for example sorting, crushing, compacting, pelletising, etc). RDF consists largely of combustible components of both municipal and commercial industrial waste, such as plastics and biodegradable waste. Permit holders give indicative figures for how much RDF they wish to have approved for import/export. They are not forecasts or projections. This datasets shows indicative amounts anticipated for import, permitted under the Waste Shipment Regulations 2006. These are broad approvals. They give an inaccurate overestimate of actual imports. Permits and shipments that are eventually reported through Natural Resources Wales will not be held by the Environment Agency once this work has been fully transferred.