# The Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003, Part III: WASTE RECOVERY OPERATIONS


NB. This part of this Schedule is intended to list recovery operations as they occur in practice. All waste must be recovered without endangering human health and without harming the environment.
*Operation Code
Description
R1
Use principally as a fuel or other means to generate energy. This includes incineration facilities dedicated to the processing of municipal solid waste only where their energy efficiency is equal to or greater than (i) 0.60 for installations in operation and permitted in accordance with applicable Community legislation before 1st January 2009; or (ii) 0.65for other installations. Energy efficiency is calculated according to the formula contained in Annex II of the Directive.
R2
Solvent reclamation/regeneration.
R3
Recycling/reclamation of organic substances which are not used as solvents (including composting and other biological transformation processes).*
* This includes gasification and pyrolisis using the components as chemicals.
R4
Recycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds.
R5
Recycling/reclamation of other inorganic materials.*
* This includes soil cleaning resulting in recovery of the soil and recycling of inorganic construction materials.
R6
Regeneration of acids or bases.
R7
Recovery of components used for pollution abatement.
R8
Recovery of components from catalysts.
R9
Oil re-refining or other reuses of oil.
R10
Land treatment resulting in benefit to agriculture or ecological improvement.
R11
Use of waste obtained from any of the operations numbered R1 to R10.
R12
Exchange of wastes for submission to any of the operations numbered R1 to R11*
If there is no other R code appropriate, this can include preliminary operations prior to recovery including pre-processing such as dismantling, sorting, crushing, compacting, pelletising, drying, shredding, conditioning, repackaging, separating, blending or mixing prior to submission to any of the operations numbered R1 to R11.
R13
Storage of waste pending any of the operations numbered R1 to R12 (excluding temporary storage, pending collection, on the site where the waste is produced.*
*Temporary storage means preliminary storage according to point (10) of Article 3.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/493/schedule/3/part/III (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/waste-management-licensing-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/schedule-3/part-III
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