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Part A(1)
(a)The incineration of hazardous waste in a waste incineration plant or waste co-incineration plant with a capacity exceeding 10 tonnes per day.
(b)The incineration of non-hazardous waste in a waste incineration plant or waste co-incineration plant with a capacity exceeding 3 tonnes per hour.
(c)The incineration, other than incidentally in the course of burning landfill gas or solid or liquid waste, of any gaseous compound containing halogens.
Part B
(a)The incineration in a small waste incineration plant with an aggregate capacity of 50kg or more per hour of the following waste—
(i)vegetable waste from agriculture or forestry;
(ii)vegetable waste from the food processing industry, if the heat generated is recovered;
(iii)fibrous vegetable waste from virgin pulp production and from production of paper from pulp, if it is co-incinerated at the place of production and the heat generated is recovered;
(iv)cork waste;
(v)wood waste with the exception of wood waste which may contain halogenated organic compounds or heavy metals as a result of treatment with wood preservatives or coatings;
(vi)animal carcasses.
(b)The cremation of human remains.
Application of Part B
1. When determining the extent of an installation carrying on an activity within Part B, any location of the following description is to be ignored: any location where the associated storage or handling of wastes and residues which are to be incinerated as part of that activity is carried on, other than a location where the associated storage or handling of animal remains intended for burning in an incinerator used wholly or mainly for the incineration of such remains or residues from the burning of such remains in such an incinerator is carried on.E+W
Part A(1)
(a)The disposal of waste in a landfill—
(i)receiving more than 10 tonnes of waste in any day, or
(ii)with a total capacity of more than 25,000 tonnes,
but excluding disposals in a landfill taking only inert waste.
Part A(1)
(a)Disposal or recovery of hazardous waste with a capacity exceeding 10 tonnes per day involving one or more of the following activities—
(i)biological treatment;
(ii)physico-chemical treatment;
(iii)blending or mixing prior to submission to any of the other activities listed in this Section or in Section 5.1;
(iv)repackaging prior to submission to any of the other activities listed in this Section or in Section 5.1;
(v)solvent reclamation or regeneration;
(vi)recycling or reclamation of inorganic materials other than metals or metal compounds;
(vii)regeneration of acids or bases;
(viii)recovery of components used for pollution abatement;
(ix)recovery of components from catalysts;
(x)oil re-refining or other re-uses of oil;
(xi)surface impoundment.
Part A(1)
(a)Disposal of non-hazardous waste with a capacity exceeding 50 tonnes per day (or 100 tonnes per day if the only waste treatment activity is anaerobic digestion) involving one or more of the following activities, and excluding activities covered by Council Directive 91/271/EEC concerning urban waste-water treatment M1—
(i)biological treatment;
(ii)physico-chemical treatment;
(iii)pre-treatment waste for incineration or co-incineration;
(iv)treatment of slags and ashes;
(v)treatment in shredders of metal waste, including waste electrical and electronic equipment and end-of-life vehicles and their components.
(b)Recovery or a mix of recovery and disposal of non-hazardous waste with a capacity exceeding 75 tonnes per day (or 100 tonnes per day if the only waste treatment activity is anaerobic digestion) involving one or more of the following activities, and excluding activities covered by Council Directive 91/271/EEC—
(i)biological treatment;
(ii)pre-treatment of waste for incineration or co-incineration;
(iii)treatment of slags and ashes;
(iv)treatment in shredders of metal waste, including waste electrical and electronic equipment and end-of-life vehicles and their components.
Marginal Citations
M1OJ No L 135, 30.5.1991, p 40, as last amended by Council Directive 2013/64/EU (OJ No L 353, 28.12.2013, p 8).
Interpretation of Part A(1)
1. In Part A(1), “anaerobic digestion” has the same meaning as in the Industrial Emissions Directive.E+W
Part A(1)
(a)Making solid fuel (other than charcoal) from waste by any process involving the use of heat.
Part A(1)
(a)Temporary storage of hazardous waste with a total capacity exceeding 50 tonnes pending any of the activities listed in Sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and paragraph (b) of this Section, except—
(i)temporary storage, pending collection, on the site where the waste is generated, or
(ii)activities falling within Section 5.2.
(b)Underground storage of hazardous waste with a total capacity exceeding 50 tonnes.
Part A(1)
(a)Independently operated treatment of waste water not covered by Directive 91/271/EEC and discharged by an installation carrying out any other Part A(1) or A(2) activity.
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