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These BAT conclusions concern the following activities specified in Annex I to Directive 2010/75/EU:

  1. 5.2.

    Disposal or recovery of waste in waste incineration plants:

    1. (a)

      for non-hazardous waste with a capacity exceeding 3 tonnes per hour;

    2. (b)

      for hazardous waste with a capacity exceeding 10 tonnes per day.

  2. 5.2.

    Disposal or recovery of waste in waste co-incineration plants:

    1. (a)

      for non-hazardous waste with a capacity exceeding 3 tonnes per hour;

    2. (b)

      for hazardous waste with a capacity exceeding 10 tonnes per day;

    whose main purpose is not the production of material products and where at least one of the following conditions is fulfilled:

    • only waste, other than waste defined in Article 3(31)(b) of Directive 2010/75/EU, is combusted;

    • more than 40 % of the resulting heat release comes from hazardous waste;

    • mixed municipal waste is combusted.

  3. 5.3.
    1. (a)

      Disposal of non-hazardous waste with a capacity exceeding 50 tonnes per day involving the treatment of slags and/or bottom ashes from the incineration of waste.

  4. 5.3.
    1. (b)

      Recovery, or a mix of recovery and disposal, of non-hazardous waste with a capacity exceeding 75 tonnes per day involving the treatment of slags and/or bottom ashes from the incineration of waste.

  5. 5.1.

    Disposal or recovery of hazardous waste with a capacity exceeding 10 tonnes per day involving the treatment of slags and/or bottom ashes from the incineration of waste.

These BAT conclusions do not address the following:

  • Pre-treatment of waste prior to incineration. This may be covered by the BAT conclusions for Waste Treatment (WT).

  • Treatment of incineration fly ashes and other residues resulting from flue-gas cleaning (FGC). This may be covered by the BAT conclusions for Waste Treatment (WT).

  • Incineration or co-incineration of exclusively gaseous waste, other than that resulting from the thermal treatment of waste.

  • Treatment of waste in plants covered by Article 42(2) of Directive 2010/75/EU.

Other BAT conclusions and reference documents which could be relevant for the activities covered by these BAT conclusions are the following:

  • Waste Treatment (WT);

  • Economics and Cross-Media Effects (ECM);

  • Emissions from Storage (EFS);

  • Energy Efficiency (ENE);

  • Industrial Cooling Systems (ICS);

  • Monitoring of Emissions to Air and Water from IED Installations (ROM);

  • Large Combustion Plants (LCP);

  • Common Waste Water and Waste Gas Treatment/Management Systems in the Chemical Sector (CWW).