Division 2 WASTE ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA

This section sets out the criteria for the acceptance of waste at each landfill class, including criteria for underground storage.

In certain circumstances, up to three times higher limit values for specific parameters listed in this section (other than dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in sections 2.1.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.3.1 and 2.4.1, BTEX, PCBs and mineral oil in section 2.1.2.2, total organic carbon (TOC) and pH in section 2.3.2 and loss on ignition (LOI) and/or TOC in section 2.4.2, and restricting the possible increase of the limit value for TOC in section 2.1.2.2 to only two times the limit value) are acceptable, if

• the competent authority gives a permit for specified wastes on a case-by-case basis for the recipient landfill, taking into account the characteristics of the landfill and its surroundings, and

• emissions (including leachate) from the landfill, taking into account the limits for those specific parameters in this section, will present no additional risk to the environment according to a risk assessment.

F1The Secretary of State must publish information on the annual number of permits issued in relation to England under this provision. The Welsh Ministers must publish information on the annual number of permits issued in relation to Wales under this provision. The first information under the first and second sentences must be published before 1st April 2022. Subsequent information must be published at intervals not exceeding 3 years.

F2The appropriate authority shall define criteria for compliance with the limit values set out in this section.