This displays the input and output sampling data that qualifying Materials Facilities are required to provide by the regulations. This excludes additional information reported by sites that is not required to be sampled. Data prior to 2020 was previously published for England and Wales on the WRAP Portal.

This is self-reported data by the Operator. From 1st October 2024, sampling and reporting is more detailed under the amended regulations (The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023).  There was also a change in the definition of a Material Facility to include facilities that bulk waste material (dry recyclate) as well as sort waste material, bringing more permitted waste facilities into scope than prior to 1st October 2024.

The regulations require qualifying Materials Facilities to provide details of waste material received from each supplier and specified output material (SOM) where applicable. Material Facilities are required to take samples of input waste material and may also be required to sample SOM where relevant. The composition of each sample taken must be measured to identify the type of material and proportion of target, non-target, and non-recyclable material.

Since 1st October 2024, there were some changes to the minimum required sampling frequency under the amended regulations. For waste material inputs, one sample must be taken for every 75 tonnes received from each supplier. For SOM, the sampling frequency for paper & card is 1 sample for every 60 tonnes produced, for plastic is 1 sample for every 15 tonnes produced, for glass is 1 sample for every 50 tonnes produced, for metal is 1 sample for every 20 tonnes produced and for Fibre-based material is 1 sample for every 60 tonnes produced.

This is self-reported data by the operator.  As such, the dataset excludes any Material Facility sampling data that is outstanding or pending quality assurance action.

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