SCHEDULE 1Activities

PART 2Activities

CHAPTER 5Waste Management

SECTION 5.3Disposal of Waste Other Than by Incineration or Landfill

Part A(1)

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 the Waste Framework Directive, 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 the Waste Framework Directive, 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 and application of Part A(1)

1

In paragraph (b) “disposal” means the processing or destruction of waste oil as well as its storage and tipping above ground.

2

This Part does not apply to the treatment of—

a

waste soil; or

b

contaminated material, substances or products, for the purpose of remedial action with respect to land or controlled waters, as defined in section 104 of the Water Resources Act 199143,

by means of mobile plant.

3

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 of the Waste Framework Directive (disposal operations).