# The Pollution Prevention and Control (Industrial Emissions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013, Paragraph 4: Waste separately collected for preparing for re-use and recycling not to be incinerated


(1) Every environmental permit which authorises a waste co-incineration plant or a waste incineration plant is deemed to contain the following condition, unless such a condition in the same terms as that condition is included in the permit.
(2) The condition is that the operator must not accept—
(a) any waste paper, metal, plastic or glass for incineration if that waste has been separately collected for the purpose of preparing for re-use or recycling; and
(b) subject to sub-paragraph (3), any waste for incineration that results from the treatment of waste referred to in paragraph (a), unless incineration of that waste delivers the best environmental outcome in accordance with regulation 17 of the Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011.
(3) The treatment referred to in sub-paragraph (2)(b) must not be treatment that contravenes sub-paragraph (2)(a) or regulation 9A(2)(a) of the Landfill Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2013/160/schedule/11/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pollution-prevention-and-control-industrial-emissions-regulations-northern-ireland-2013/schedule-11/paragraph-4
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