EQual is an innovative demonstration programme, supported by LIFE +, that will encourage businesses to use more and better waste-derived material in new products. Through EQual we will provide knowledge and tools to help businesses to:
- make the best use of resources
- reduce the amount of waste to landfill
- reduce the environmental impact of their business
- reduce costs
We will do this by:
- improving regulatory clarity and consistency
- reducing the burden on businesses of environmental regulation
- increasing market confidence in the use of these materials
The main outputs of the EQual programme will be:
- a definition of waste web tool that will help businesses to assess whether a waste derived material is a by-product, achieves end of waste criteria or remains a waste
- a Quality Protocol (QP) checker web tool to help businesses to assess whether their recovered waste product is compliant with a QP, and therefore no longer classed as waste
- a better understanding of the environmental performance of four waste-derived products, demonstrated through a series of field trials
