Definitions
Article 1
In addition to the definitions laid down in Article 3 of Directive 2008/98/EC, the following definitions shall apply for the purposes of this Decision: (1) ‘household waste’ means waste generated by households; (2) ‘similar waste’ means waste in nature and composition comparable to household waste, excluding production waste and waste from agriculture and forestry; (3) ‘municipal waste’ means household waste and similar waste; (4) ‘construction and demolition waste’ means waste corresponding to the waste codes in Chapter 17 of the Annex to Commission Decision 2000/532/EC ( 3 ) , excluding hazardous waste and naturally occurring material as defined in Category 17 05 04; (5) ‘material recovery’ means any recovery operation, excluding energy recovery and the reprocessing into materials which are to be used as fuel; (6) ‘backfilling’ means a recovery operation where suitable waste is used for reclamation purposes in excavated areas or for engineering purposes in landscaping and where the waste is a substitute for non-waste materials.