{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1032/annex/division-1.2/division-1.2.5/division-bat+53",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1032/annex/division-1.2/division-1.2.5/division-bat+53.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2016/1032",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1032 of 13 June 2016 establishing best available techniques (BAT) conclusions, under Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, for the non-ferrous metals industries (notified under document C(2016) 3563) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1032",
  "path": "annex/division/1.2/division/1.2.5/division/bat+53",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "BAT 53",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In order to prevent the generation of waste water from primary and secondary copper production, BAT is to use one or a combination of the techniques given below.\nTechnique\na\nUse the steam condensate for heating the electrolysis cells, to wash the copper cathodes or send it back to steam boiler\nb\nReuse the water collected from the cooling area, flotation process and hydro transportation of final slag in the slag concentration process\nc\nRecycle the pickling solutions and the rinse water\nd\nTreat the residues (crude) from the solvent extraction step in hydrometallurgical copper production to recover the organic solution content\ne\nCentrifuge the slurry from cleaning and settlers from the solvent extraction step in hydrometallurgical copper production\nf\nReuse the electrolysis bleed after the metal removal stage in the electrowinning and/or the leaching process",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2016/1032/annex/division/1.2/division/1.2.5/division/bat+53",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:13:55.916563+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}