The Waste Incineration Regulations (for England & Wales) 2002

The Waste Incineration Regulations introduced stringent operating conditions and set minimum technical requirements for incinerators and co-incinerators, including large plant, such as municipal waste incinerators and cement kilns, and other smaller plant like clinical waste incinerators.

The objective is to prevent or limit negative effects on the environment and the resulting risks to human health from the incineration and co-incineration of waste.

This legislation also covers gasification and pyrolysis plants. The equipment to be used by DS Smith Recycling is already compliant with these regulations in the form of the EU Waste Incineration Directive within other European states.