Thermal waste reprocessing and treatment
61 Thermal waste reprocessing and treatment
Thermal waste reprocessing and treatment (the relevant activity) consists of operating a facility for thermally reprocessing or treating waste.
The relevant activity does not include burning waste under the Fire Services Act 1990.
In the following table, the aggregate environmental score for the relevant activity is the score stated opposite the threshold within which the relevant activity is carried out.
| Threshold | Aggregate environmental score | 3 |
| 1thermally reprocessing or treating, in a year, the following quantity of general waste— | ||
| (a)5,000t or less | 33 | C |
| (b)more than 5,000t but not more than 10,000t | 39 | C |
| (c)more than 10,000t | 45 | C |
| 2thermally reprocessing or treating, in a year, the following quantity of category 2 regulated waste— | ||
| (a)5,000t or less | 43 | C |
| (b)more than 5,000t but not more than 10,000t | 57 | C |
| (c)more than 10,000t | 70 | C |
| 3thermally reprocessing or treating, in a year, the following quantity of category 1 regulated waste— | ||
| (a)5,000t or less | 51 | C |
| (b)more than 5,000t but not more than 10,000t | 69 | C |
| (c)more than 10,000t | 87 | C |
| 4thermally reprocessing or treating clinical waste or biosecurity waste | 51 | C |
In this section—
thermally reprocessing or treating, in relation to waste, means reprocessing or treating the waste by applying heat to the waste to change its chemical composition.
Examples—
gasification, incineration, pyrolysis, use of a plasma arc
reprocessing includes recycling.
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