Paragraph 2 ScopeF1

Incineration and co-incineration of solid and liquid waste at a waste incineration plant or waste co-incineration plant does not include the following activities—

(a)

the treatment by incineration or co-incineration of only the following waste—

(i)

biomass,

(ii)

radioactive waste,

(iii)

animal carcasses as regulated by Regulation (EC) No. 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption and repealing Regulation (EC) No. 1774/2002,

(iv)

waste resulting from the exploration for, and the exploitation of, oil and gas resources from offshore installations, which is incinerated on board these installations,

(b)

incineration at experimental plants used for research, development and testing in order to improve the incineration process and which treat less than 50 tonnes of waste per year,

(c)

gasification or pyrolysis, where resulting gases from this thermal treatment of waste are purified to the extent that they are no longer waste prior to their incineration and can cause emissions no higher than those resulting from the burning of natural gas.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 22 inserted (1.11.2025) by The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/165), reg. 1(2), sch. 13 (with sch. 23)