UK WRAP Quality Protocol

The reason why the Quality Protocol has been published is related the EU Waste Framework Directive (2006/12/EC) and the importance of defining at what point rubber waste has been fully recovered and ceases to be waste as it is defined in Article l(l)a of this Directive. Hence, this is also the point at which the Directive no longer applies and so it can be used without the need for waste management controls. It was perceived that problems in defining this point had inhibited the development and marketing of materials produced from waste rubber. 

There can often be some debate regarding the definition of rubber granules, rubber powder and so on, and the protocol provides some assistance here by providing the definitions shown in Table 6.1. 

To comply with the Quality Protocol the tyre-derived rubber materials must be destined for use in one if the designated applications within certain designated market sectors  

For the civil engineering and landfill engineering market sectors, there may be applicable standards in the relevant categories listed in Section 6.4.3.2. 

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Good Practice for Unbound Applications of Tyre-derived Rubber Materials in Sensitive Environments - UK WRAP Quality Protocol... 

Tyre-derived rubber materials meeting the UK WRAP Quality Protocol in the UK may cease to be waste in England and Wales, but the country of destination may take a different view and, under the Waste Shipment Regulation, if the competent authority in that country considers the material to be waste then the controls specified in EU Regulation EC/1013/2006 will apply to the shipment. 

To assist in the marketing of tyre-derived rubber products, a categorisation system has been established as part of the UK Waste Resources Action Programme (WRAP) Quality Protocol (Section 6.4.1.5), which will help avoid possible confusion in the use of terms such as rubber crumb and rubber powder . The categories and definitions that are in the protocol are shown in Table 6.1. 

Figure 6.7 Main stages and control mechanisms of the Quality Protocol. Reproduced with permission from the WRAP Quality Protocol, Waste and Resources Action Programme, Banbury, UK, p.7. WRAP...

They have been produced using only those input materials specified in Section 2 of the UK Waste Resources Action Programme (WRAP) Quality Protocol [1] (i.e., source segregated waste tyres). 

WRAP Quality Protocol for Tyre-derived Rubber Material, November, 2009, WRAP, UK. http WWW. wrap. org. ukJ... 

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