End of waste criteria

The definition of "waste" in Article 1.1 of the Environmental Management Act reads: "all substances, preparations or objects which the holder discards or intends or is required to discard".

The last amendment of the European Waste Framework Directive in 2008 stipulated, among other things, the criteria that a substance or object from a production process must meet in order to be regarded as a by-product, not as waste. By by-product is meant here: substances or objects that arise during a production process that is primarily aimed at the production of other substances or objects. By-products are not covered by the definition of waste.

Some wastes are no longer wastes when they have undergone a recovery operation, such as a recycling treatment, and meet specific criteria set out in Article 6 of the KRA. This is referred to as the end-of-waste phase. When a waste has reached the end-of-waste phase, it no longer falls under the definition of waste. More information about the distinction between by-products, waste and end-of-waste can be found in the waste product guide.

https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0003245/2019-11-14