- cubic metres of treated waste-water
means the volume of water treated during the reporting year by the relevant waste-water treatment installation;
- Cullet
means externally sourced glass generated from the recovery of waste glass used as input to the glass-melting process, regardless of its origin or previous use, including, inter alia, container glass, flat glass and automotive (vehicle) glass, that is processed for remelting during the reporting year.
- gigajoules of useful energy output
means the energy effectively converted into electricity or heat expressed in gigajoules and served to the grid or the final user.
- Paper for recycling
means secondary paper and board, including paper- or board-based products, originating from outside the installation that are supplied for use as a secondary fibre raw material in the production of paper, board or other pulp- and paper-based products, and which have been separately collected or otherwise diverted from the waste streams after use.
- Recovered wood
means secondary wood materials or wood-based products, originating from outside the installation, supplied for use as secondary wood raw material in the manufacture of wood-based panels or other wood products and which arise from wood discarded after use or wood residues generated in industrial processes.
- Recycled polymers
means polymers used as raw-material inputs in the production of polymers that replace virgin polymer feedstock, originate from outside the installation, and are obtained from plastic waste through a recycling operation within the meaning of Directive 2008/98/EC, including mechanical recycling and chemical recycling.
- Secondary raw material
means a material which originates from outside the installation and which can be used as input to an activity replacing the virgin raw material, where the material is:
- tonnes of battery cells
means the total mass, expressed in tonnes, of battery cells produced in an installation during the reporting calendar year, including cathodes, anodes, electrolytes, separators and assembled cells, where such components are manufactured as part of the battery cell production process.
- tonnes of extracted material
means, the weight of ore extracted from the deposit for the purpose of further processing, beneficiation or upgrading, including any inherent moisture content of the ore at the point of extraction or delivery to the on-site treatment process.
- tonnes of hydrogen
means the total mass, expressed in tonnes, of hydrogen generated during the reporting calendar year.
- tonnes of incoming waste
means the weight of all incoming waste, within a calendar year, which are recovered or disposed of at the installation subject to the reporting.
- tonnes of products
means, unless otherwise stated, the weight of the stated metric, including any inherent moisture content of the products, but excluding any product packaging or containment;
- tonnes of products as oil equivalents
means the output of an installation expressed as the amount of energy released by burning 1 tonne of crude oil, considering that the energy content of a tonne of crude oil is 42 gigajoules;
- tonnes of recovered phosphorus
means the total mass, expressed in tonnes of elemental phosphorus (P), recovered during the calendar year from wastewater, sewage sludge, sludge ash or other residual streams generated by the treatment of wastewater.
- tonnes of the surface treatment substances in ready to use state
means the amount of active substance in a ready to use state;
- Used oil
refers to waste oils, as defined in Article 3(3) of Directive 2008/98/EC, that are used as feedstock substituting primary crude fractions and re-refined.
- Water use
means water abstracted from water bodies or obtained from the public water supply network which is used by the installation during a reporting year.