The Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) Regulations 2000

Section 5.3—Disposal of Waste Other Than by Incineration or Landfill E+W

Part A(1) E+W

(a)

The disposal of hazardous waste (other than by incineration or landfill) in a facility with a capacity of more than 10 tonnes per day.

(b)

The disposal of waste oils (other than by incineration or landfill) in a facility with a capacity of more than 10 tonnes per day.

(c)

Disposal of non-hazardous waste in a facility with a capacity of more than 50 tonnes per day by—

(i)

biological treatment, not being treatment specified in any paragraph other than paragraph D8 of Annex IIA to Council Directive 75/442/EEC, which results in final compounds or mixtures which are discarded by means of any of the operations numbered D1 to D12 in that Annex (D8); or

(ii)

physico-chemical treatment, not being treatment specified in any paragraph other than paragraph D9 in Annex IIA to Council Directive 75/442/EEC, which results in final compounds or mixtures which are discarded by means of any of the operations numbered D1 to D12 in that Annex (for example, evaporation, drying, calcination, etc.) (D9).

Interpretation of Part A(1) E+W

1.  In this Part—

• “disposal” in paragraph (a) means any of the operations described in Annex IIA to Council Directive 75/442/EEC on waste;

• “hazardous waste” means waste as defined in Article 1(4) of Council Directive 91/689/EEC.

2.  Paragraph (b) shall be interpreted in accordance with Article 1 of Council Directive 75/439/EEC.

3.  Nothing in this Part applies to the treatment of waste soil by means of mobile plant.

4.  The reference to a D paragraph number in brackets at the end of paragraphs (c)(i) and (ii) is to the number of the corresponding paragraph in Annex IIA to Council Directive 75/442/EEC on waste (disposal operations).

Part A(2) E+W

Nil.

Part B E+W

Nil.