Guidance on Directive 2000/76/EC on the incineration of waste

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Edition 2

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Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

2005

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Contents

1. Introduction 8

1.1 What is the Waste incineration Directive 8

1.2 About this Guidance 8

1.3 Current regulatory practice 12

2. Scope of the Directive 13

2.1 The meaning of waste 14

2.2 The meaning of Incineration Plant 16

2.3 The meaning of Co-Incineration Plant 17

2.4 Plants not covered by the Directive 18

2.5 The meaning of hazardous waste 24

2.6 Section 5.1 of Schedule 1 to the Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations 25

3. The Regulatory Requirements of the Directive 28

3.1 The overall approach 28

3.2 Waste Incineration Installations under the PPC Regulations 28

3.3 The transitional arrangements for the WID 32

3.4 Content of Applications for Waste Installations 40

3.5 Permit conditions for Waste Incineration Installations 42

3.6 Public information about Waste Incineration Installations 42

4. The Technical Requirements of the Directive 44

4.1 Process requirements 44

4.2 Operating conditions 45

4.3 Air Emission Limit Values 52

4.4 Water Emission Limit Values 66

4.5 Monitoring requirements 71

5 Annexes

1 Summary of ECJ Decisions

2 Examples of Transitionals for plants subject to WID and PPC

3 Waste Incineration Directive including corrigenda

4 Regulations, directions and transposition table

5 Worked example for determining co-incineration limits

6 EU Waste Categories (2000/532/EC)

7 Summary of Directives Quoted in this guide

8 Glossary of Terms

9 Bibliography