Welcome

Welcome to the RDF Industry Group website. Here you can find out more about waste-derived fuels (WDF) and the industry, including what happens across the supply chain, about those involved in the Group, and about what the Group has been doing to represent the industry to key stakeholders.

The RDF Industry Group is a pan-European trade association with member companies across the WDF supply chain. The Group works collectively to provide a platform to address issues faced by the sector and to explore new opportunities. The Group also provides a networking platform for members to make new connections, develop existing relationships and share knowledge and experience.

For more information about the RDF Industry Group, our members and our work, or how to become a member, please browse through this website.

What is RDF?

Shipments of WDF between EU Member States 6.3 million tonnes (2021)

UK’s residual waste exported for treatment 8% (2022)

What is the RDF Industry Group?

The RDF Industry Group is comprised of 38 members from across the European waste-derived fuel (WDF) supply chain.

Our Group operates across the European waste derived fuel (refuse derived fuel (RDF) and solid recovered fuel (SRF)) supply chain: from WDF production companies who produce fuel from residual waste; to those who ship, transport and test WDF; to energy-from-waste (EfW) facility operators. Together, the Group collectively:

  1. Explores and address issues surrounding the movement of waste-derived fuels across national borders within Europe and related topics;
  2. Develops evidence-based information on the legal, environmental and economic issues related to the export of waste derived fuels; and
  3. Communicates its work to third parties including governments, the European Commission and other key stakeholders in the form of reports, presentations or other communications material.

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UK ETS Consultation Response

We welcome the UK’s ambition to strengthen the ETS and its overall aim to combat climate change and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions cost-effectively. The ETS will be a particularly important mechanism in achieving the UK’s legally binding pledge to reach net zero by 2050. Members of the Group are involved in the export of […]

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UK Policy Recommendations

Our latest report entitled “Priorities for UK Policymakers”, presents evidence on the benefits of utilising the Waste Derived Fuel (WDF) supply chain to address three major challenges:  Current and future waste and energy-related policies must be designed to support the WDF industry to maximise its potential towards these three global challenges. In order to achieve […]

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Countrystyle image of fork truck loading bails onto truck.

UK ETS Consultation Response

We welcome the UK’s ambition to strengthen the ETS and its overall aim to combat climate change and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions cost-effectively. The ETS will be a particularly important mechanism in achieving the UK’s legally binding pledge to reach net zero by 2050. Members of the Group are involved in the export of […]

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Waste not want not – how Europe could better treat its refuse

Our Chair Andy Jones has authored an article for New Energy World on the role of WtE in the EU’s transition to a circular economy. The article highlights the key features of the RDF Industry Group report The Role of Waste Derived Fuel in the EU’s Energy and Resources Transition, which proposed three areas of focus […]

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