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Frameworks for converting waste into non-waste products

Check if you can use a quality protocol or resource framework to achieve 'end of waste' status for certain waste derived materials.

Updates to this page

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Environment Agency
Published:
24 June 2014
Last updated:
30 June 2026
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  1. Added a link to the tyre pyrolysis oil resource framework.

  2. Added a link to 'Storing PAS100 and PAS110 compliant material at site of production: RPS 358' with the other new resource framework guidance.

  3. Added links to new resource frameworks for compost, anaerobic digestate and biomethane. Added links to the guidance on how to request an opinion from the definition of waste service and how to request a new resource framework. Removed the link to the poultry litter ash quality protocol, as it has been withdrawn.

  4. We have added a new document, 'Waste quality protocols review'.

  5. Revised presentation of content for non-packaging plastics: quality protocol.

  6. New quality protocol added: recycled gypsum from waste plasterboard.

  7. Guidance added on Quality protocol rules.

  8. New quality protocol added to the collection: Aggregate from waste steel slag.

  9. Added new Biodiesel quality protocol to the collection and archived previous version (LIT 5397).

  10. First published.

Quality protocols and resource frameworks explain when a waste derived material can be regarded as a non-waste product and no longer subject to waste controls.

They aim to produce high quality products from waste materials to promote greater recovery and recycling.

If there is no resource framework or quality protocol you can use, check the guidance on how to check if your material is waste. This explains how to assess the waste status of your material if you are planning to produce a new product from waste.

You can also:

Quality protocols and resource frameworks: rules for all end of waste frameworks

You must follow these rules for each non-waste product.

Resource frameworks

These resource frameworks only apply in England.

Quality protocols

Each quality protocol states if it applies in England, Northern Ireland and Wales.

Quality protocols review

Environment Agency’s progress on revising the waste quality protocols.

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