SRF - SOLID RECOVERED FUEL. A FOSSIL FUEL REPLACEMENT WHICH HAS CALORIFIC VALUE OF BETWEEN 17 AND 22 MEGA JOULES PER KILOGRAM. SRF IS PREPARED FROM NON-HAZARDOUS COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL WASTE MATERIALS (I.E. MATERIAL FROM BUSINESSES, SHOPS, STORE PREMISES ETC. A TYPICAL SRF INPUT COMPOSITION CONSISTS OF WASTE PAPER, PLASTICS, TEXTILES, AND RUBBER. THE INPUT MATERIAL IS STRICTLY MONITORED AND ALL NON-ACCEPTABLE ITEMS LIKE METALS/ORGANICS/INERT MATERIAL ARE REMOVED. THIS ENSURES THAT THE COMPOSITION IN THE FINAL PRODUCT IS STRICTLY MADE UP OF ONLY THE COMBUSTIBLE PARTS (AS MENTIONED ABOVE) AND FREE OF COMPOSTABLE MATERIAL. THE MATERIAL IS THEN PROCESSED THROUGH A NUMBER OF STAGES TO END UP WITH A 0.30 MM SIZE PARTICLES READY FOR TRANSPORT. THE PRODUCT IS WRAPPED UP IN PLASTIC TO ENSURE SAFE AND EFFICIENT TRANSPORT. THE RESULTANT PRODUCT THUS IS A HIGH CALORIFIC VALUE MATERIAL WHICH CAN BE USED AS AN ALTERNATIVE FUEL IN PLACE OF COAL IN PRODUCTION OF CEMENT, LIME AND OTHER MATERIALS.APPROVED MATERIAL IS THEN FED INTO A SLOW SPEED SHREDDER FOR PRIMARY PROCESSING. THIS SHREDS THE MATERIAL TO A MAXIMUM SIZE OF 300 - 400 MM. THE SHREDDED MATERIAL THEN PASSES THROUGH A TROMMEL WHERE ANY MATERIAL LESS THAN 60 MM OR GREATER THAN 300 MM WILL BE REMOVED. AN AIR CLASSIFIER IS THEN USED TO ELIMINATE ANY LIGHT OR HEAVY MATERIALS FROM THE STREAM. FOLLOWING THIS, THE MATERIAL WILL PASS THROUGH VARIOUS SCREENING PROCESSES TO REMOVE POTENTIAL CONTAMINANTS; THIS INCLUDES A FE-SEPARATOR AND A NE-SEPARATOR TO REMOVE ANY METAL PRESENT IN THE STREAM, AS WELL AS A PICKING CABIN TO REMOVE ANY ALUMINIUM AND PVC. THE MATERIAL THEN PASSES THROUGH A HIGH SPEED SHREDDER WHICH REDUCES THE SIZE OF THE MATERIAL TO A 0.30 MM PRODUCT. THE SRF IS THEN BALED AND WRAPPED IF FOR EXPORT, OR KEPT LOOSE READY FOR LOADING IN THE DOMESTIC MARKET.

CLASSIFICATION HAS BEEN DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING:- GENERAL INTERPRETATIVE RULES (GIR)S GIR 1 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THIS PRODUCT BY THE TERMS OF HEADING 3825: RESIDUAL PRODUCTS OF THE CHEMICAL OR ALLIED INDUSTRIES, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED; MUNICIPAL WASTE; SEWAGE SLUDGE; OTHER WASTES SPECIFIED IN NOTE 6 TO THIS CHAPTER. GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL 382510: MUNICIPAL WASTE. ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH: HSEN TO CHAPTER 38 GENERAL NOTE 4. HSNE TO HEADING 3825 NOTE (B).