Recycling
3.—(1) Local authority municipal waste(1) is recycled for the purpose of the targets when—
(a)the waste has undergone a reprocessing recovery operation; and
(b)the waste is reprocessed into a product, material or substance, whether for its original or other purpose.
(2) But local authority municipal waste is not recycled for the purposes of the targets if it is used for fuel or for backfilling operations.
(3) In this article, a “backfilling operation” means an operation where waste is used for reclamation purposes in excavated areas or for engineering purposes in landscaping.
Local authority municipal waste is defined in section 3(8) of the Measure as the total amount by weight of each of the following: all the waste collected by a local authority under section 45 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43); all waste deposited at places provided by a local authority under subsection (1)(b) and (3) of section 51 of that Act; and such other waste as may be specified by order of the Welsh Ministers.