# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/2009 of 22 June 2020 establishing the best available techniques (BAT) conclusions, under Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on industrial emissions, for surface treatment using organic solvents including preservation of wood and wood products with chemicals (notified under document C(2020) 4050) (Text with EEA relevance), Division BAT 22: In order to reduce the quantity of waste sent for disposal, BAT is to use the techniques (a) and (b) and one or both of the techniques (c) and (d) given below.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Technique
Description
(a)
Waste management plan
A waste management plan is part of the EMS (see BAT 1) and is a set of measures aiming to: 1) minimise the generation of waste, 2) optimise the reuse, regeneration and/or recycling of waste and/or the recovery of energy from waste, and 3) ensure the proper disposal of waste.
(b)
Monitoring of waste quantities
Annual recording of waste quantities generated for each type of waste. The solvent content in the waste is determined periodically (at least once every year) by analysis or calculation.
(c)
Recovery/recycling of solvents
Techniques may include:
recovering/recycling solvents from liquid waste by filtration or distillation on site or off site;
recovering/recycling the solvent content of wipes by gravitational draining, wringing or centrifugation.
(d)
Waste-stream-specific techniques
Techniques may include:
reducing the water content of the waste, e.g. by using a filter press for the sludge treatment;
reducing the sludge and waste solvent generated, e.g. by reducing the number of cleaning cycles (see BAT 9);
using reusable containers, reusing the containers for other purposes, or recycling the container material;
sending the spent limestone generated from dry scrubbing to a lime or cement kiln.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2020/2009/annex/division/1/division/1.1/division/1.1.15/division/BAT (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-2009/annex/division-1/division-1.1/division-1.1.15/division-BAT
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