Annual Guide 2019 I SOURCE TESTING ASSOCIATION


Small Waste Incineration Plants (SWIPS) The STA would like to thank Antony Sumner of Gasmet Technolgies (UK) Ltd in helping to put together this brief guidance


Small Waste Incineration & Co-Incineration Plants (SWIPs), are defi ned to have a capacity less than or equal to 10 tonnes per day for hazardous waste or 3 tonnes per hour for non-hazardous waste and therefore must comply with the requirements stipulated in the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) 2010/75/EU which were transposed into UK legislation by the introduction of the Environmental Permitting (England & Wales) Regulations 2016 (Schedule 13). These plants are regulated by the relevant regulatory authority based on their size and the type of waste being used.


The defi nition of waste is defi ned in point 1 of Article 3 of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and hazardous waste is defi ned in point 2 of Article 3 of Directive 2008/98/EC.


Chapter IV of the IED Directive applies to all waste incineration and waste co-incineration plants that thermally treat solid or liquid waste, unless an exclusion applies. Some chapter IV plants also fall within chapter II of the IED depending on their capacity. See https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/environmental- permitting-guidance-the-waste-incineration-directive/ environmental-permitting-guidance-waste-incineration#thermal- treatments-chapter-4 for additional guidance.


Example: CEMS Cabinet


Who is responsible for issuing an Environmental Permit?


The diagram opposite gives some guidance on the matter. Most local authority permitting units should be able to give you guidance as to whether it is the Local Authority or the Environment Agency who is responsible for the issuing of a permit, which will be linked to gaining planning permission for the facility in question.


To check if Chapter IV applies, guidance is given on the following fl ow. See https:// www.gov.uk/government/publications/ environmental-permitting-guidance-the- waste-incineration-directive/environmental- permitting-guidance-waste-incineration


Example: On Stack Probe Installation


Example: Wood Waste


Example: Refuse Derived Fuel


Once it has been defi ned what type of waste is to be used and determined that the site is to seek to operate as a waste incineration or waste co-incineration plant, it then needs to be determined as to what type of Environmental Permit is required.


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