EQual programme

The EQual programme aims to provide benefits for waste producers, waste management companies end users and regulators.

Objectives

The EQual programme will deliver four objectives:

assess the environmental impacts of waste-derived products through field trials on four materials
empower industry to self-assess their Quality Protocols (QP) compliance with a QP checker web tool
demonstrate a definition of waste web tool that will enable businesses to make their own end of waste decisions
communicate and disseminate the EQual project findings to its stakeholders and relevant audiences in Europe so that others can learn and benefit from it

The project aims to deliver a:

We aim to complete certain projects within the following timescales:

empower industry to self-assess their compliance with Waste Quality Protocols (whether waste is fully recovered so it is no longer classed as waste) with the aid of a Quality Protocol checker web tool to be developed and supplied, following trials with the industries concerned
give customers greater confidence in waste-derived products produced to Quality Protocol standards by developing web tools which customers can use to confirm the product they are purchasing is no longer waste.

demonstrate the environmental impacts of waste-derived products on the environment through a series of field trials on four Quality Protocol compliant materials
demonstrate a successful methodology for making end of waste decisions by developing a definition of waste web tool to enable businesses to make their own end of waste decisions