The Alkali, &c. Works (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1994

(61) Incineration works

Works for—

(a) the destruction by incineration of waste chemicals or waste plastic arising from the manufacture of a chemical or the manufacture of a plastic; or

(b) the destruction by incineration, other than incidentally in the course of burning other waste, of waste chemicals being, or comprising in elemental or compound form, bromine, cadmium, chlorine, fluorine, iodine, lead, mercury, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulphur or zinc; or

(c) the destruction by incineration of clinical waste, municipal waste or any mixture thereof; or

(d) the destruction by incineration of radioactive waste in any facility which is authorised for that purpose under section 13 of the Radioactive Substances Act 1993(1); or

(e) the destruction by incineration of other waste, including animal remains, where the works are capable of incinerating 1 tonne or more of waste per hour; or

(f) the cleaning for re-use, by burning out their residual contents, of metal containers used for the transport or storage of chemicals.

• In this paragraph—

• “clinical waste” has the same meaning as in the Waste Collection and Disposal Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992(2);

• “incineration” includes incineration by oxidation including pretreatment as well as pyrolysis or other thermal treatment processes;

• “municipal waste” means household waste or commercial waste within the meaning of Article 36(2) and (3) of the Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978(3); and

• “waste” has the same meaning as in Article 36(1) of the Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978.

(1)

1993 c. 12

(2)

S.R. 1992 No. 254

(3)

S.I. 1978/1049 (N.I. 19)