ANNEX IU.K.DISPOSAL OPERATIONS

D 1Deposit into or on to land (e.g. landfill, etc.)U.K.

D 2Land treatment (e.g. biodegradation of liquid or sludgy discards in soils, etc.)U.K.

D 3Deep injection (e.g. injection of pumpable discards into wells, salt domes or naturally occurring repositories, etc.)U.K.

D 4Surface impoundment (e.g. placement of liquid or sludgy discards into pits, ponds or lagoons, etc.)U.K.

D 5Specially engineered landfill (e.g. placement into lined discrete cells which are capped and isolated from one another and the environment, etc.)U.K.

D 6Release into a water body except seas/oceansU.K.

D 7Release to seas/oceans including sea-bed insertionU.K.

D 8Biological treatment not specified elsewhere in this Annex which results in final compounds or mixtures which are discarded by means of any of the operations numbered D 1 to D 12U.K.

D 9Physico-chemical treatment not specified elsewhere in this Annex which results in final compounds or mixtures which are discarded by means of any of the operations numbered D 1 to D 12 (e.g. evaporation, drying, calcination, etc.)U.K.

D 10Incineration on landU.K.

D 11Incineration at sea(1) U.K.

D 12Permanent storage (e.g. emplacement of containers in a mine, etc.)U.K.

D 13Blending or mixing prior to submission to any of the operations numbered D 1 to D 12(2) U.K.

D 14Repackaging prior to submission to any of the operations numbered D 1 to D 13U.K.

D 15Storage pending any of the operations numbered D 1 to D 14 (excluding temporary storage, pending collection, on the site where the waste is produced)(3) U.K.

(1)

This operation is prohibited by EU legislation and international conventions.

(2)

If there is no other D code appropriate, this can include preliminary operations prior to disposal including pre-processing such as, inter alia, sorting, crushing, compacting, pelletising, drying, shredding, conditioning or separating prior to submission to any of the operations numbered D1 to D12.

(3)

Temporary storage means preliminary storage according to point (10) of Article 3.