# The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2013, Regulation 35: Incineration and co-incineration of waste


In Section 5.1 (incineration and co-incineration of waste)—
(a) omit the paragraph headed “Interpretation of Section 5.1”;
(b) for Part A(1) substitute—
“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.”;
(c) omit Part A(2);
(d) in Part B, for paragraph (a) substitute—
“(a) The incineration in a small waste incineration plant with an aggregate capacity of 50 kilogrammes or more per hour of the following waste—
(i) vegetable waste from agriculture and 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.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2013/9780111533185/regulation/35 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-amendment-regulations-2013/regulation-35
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