The Environmental Protection (Prescribed Processes and Substances) Regulations 1991

CHAPTER 5: WASTE DISPOSAL AND RECYCLING

Section 5.1 Incineration

PART A

(a)

The destruction by burning in an incinerator of any waste chemicals or waste plastic arising from the manufacture of a chemical or the manufacture of a plastic.

(b)

The destruction by burning in an incinerator, other than incidentally in the course of burning other waste, of any waste chemicals being, or comprising in elemental or compound form, any of the following-

• bromine

• cadmium

• chlorine

• fluorine

• iodine

• lead

• mercury

• nitrogen

• phosphorus

• sulphur

• zinc.

(c)

The destruction by burning of any other waste, including animal remains, otherwise than by a process related to a Part B process, on premises where there is plant designed to incinerate such waste at a rate of 1 tonne or more per hour.

(d)

The cleaning for reuse of metal containers used for the transport or storage of a chemical by burning out their residual content.

PART B

(a)

The destruction by burning in an incinerator other than an exempt incinerator of any waste, including animal remains, except where related to a Part A process.

(b)

The cremation of human remains.

In this section—

“exempt incinerator” means any incinerator on premises where there is plant designed to incinerate waste al a rate of not more than 50 kgs per hour, not being an incinerator employed to incinerate clinical waste, sewage sludge, sewage screenings or municipal waste (as defined in Article I of EC Directive 89/369/EEC(1)); and for the purposes of this section, the weight of waste shall be determined by reference to its weight as fed into the incinerator;

“waste” means solid, liquid or gaseous wastes and

“clinical waste” means waste (other than animal carcasses) which falls within the descriptions in paragraph (a) or (b) of the definition of such waste in the Collection and Disposal of Waste Regulations 1988(2) (or would fall in one of those paragraphs but for Regulation 2(3) of those regulations).

Section 5.2 Recovery processes

PART A

The recovery by distillation of any oil or any organic solvent or the cleaning or regeneration of carbon, charcoal or ion exchange resins by removing matter which is, or includes, any substance described in Schedule 4, 5 or 6 except where the process is carried on in relation to any other process which involves the production or use of the same substance as the substance which is recovered, cleaned or regenerated.

PART B Nil

Section 5.3 The production of fuel from waste

PART A

Making solid fuel from waste by any process involving the use of heat other than making charcoal.

PART B Nil

(1)

O.J. L 163, 14.6.89 p. 32.

(2)

S.I. 1988/819.