1 VALENCIA FEBRUARY 2008 STUDY VISIT ON BEST PRACTICES IN WASTE MANAGEMENT INFRA VALENCIA FEBRUARY 2008 Incineration of Waste

2 VALENCIA FEBRUARY 2008 Decree 2003/653, on the incineration of waste DIRECTIVE 2000/76/EC Directive 94/67/EC hazardous waste Directive 89/369/ECC and 89/429/ECC non-hazardous waste OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS AND TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS EMISSION LIMIT VALUES TO PREVENT OR LIMIT NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT

3 VALENCIA FEBRUARY 2008 Stationary or mobile technical unit and equipment dedicated to the thermal treatment of wastes INCINERATION PLANTS Oxidation, pyrolysis, gasification, plasma when the substances resulting from the treatment are incinerated CO-INCINERATION PLANTS generation of energy or material products Uses wastes as fuel Waste is thermally treated for the purpose of disposal

4 VALENCIA FEBRUARY 2008 ARE EXCLUDED Vegetable waste (agriculture, forestry, food processing industry) Fibrous vegetable waste, wood waste, cork waste Radioactive waste, Animal carcasses Waste from exploration and exploitation of oil and gas resources Experimental plants < 50 tonnes of waste per year Measurement equipment shall be installed and techniques used in order to monitor the parameters, conditions and mass concentrations CONTROL AND MONITORING

5 VALENCIA FEBRUARY 2008 OPERATING CONDITIONS 850 ºC for two seconds ºC for two seconds and destroy PCDD/Fs hazardous waste > 1% halogenated organic substances Designed, equipped, built and operate to prevent emissions ANY HEAT GENERATED SHALL BE RECOVERED AS FAR AS PRACTICABLE •Hazardous waste with net calorific value of at least 30 MJ/kg is excluded from requirements to hazardous waste

6 VALENCIA FEBRUARY 2008 AIR EMISSION LIMIT VALUES Limit values for co-incineration plant emissions to atmosphere Special provisions are laid down relating Cement kilns, Combustion plants and Other industrial sectors ANNEX II Limit values for incineration plant emissions to atmosphere Co-incineration of untreated mixed municipal waste ANNEX V • Emission regulations for dust, SOx, NOx, CO, HF, TOC, PCDD/Fs, heavy metals, Hg

7 VALENCIA FEBRUARY 2008 The General Directorate of Climate Change is the one to entitle to authorize the waste incineration and co-incineration activities (Recovery type R1) PERMITS Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) permit Waste management permit No incineration or co-incineration plant shall operate without a permit

8 VALENCIA FEBRUARY 2008 DECREE 127/2006, 15 september, on Pollution Prevention and Environmental Quality in the Comunidad Valenciana Emission limit values for activities excluded from the scope of the Directive* * no radiactive waste

9 VALENCIA FEBRUARY 2008 INCINERATION PLANTS IN THE VALENCIAN REGION 1 1. RIBESALBES. Gasification plant 2 2. ALMAZORA. Animal fat incineration plant 3 3. ALMÁCERA. Rice husk incineration plant 5 5. BUÑOL. Used oil incineration plant 4 4. ALBUIXECH. Wood incineration plant Dead pets

10 VALENCIA FEBRUARY SAGUNTO 2 2. BUÑOL 3 3. ALICANTE Tyres, sewage sludges, motor oils, solvents... CEMENT KILNS CO-INCINERATING WASTE IN THE VALENCIAN REGION