Incinerating specified healthcare wastes at a municipal waste incinerator: RPS C23
When you can incinerate coronavirus (COVID-19) infectious waste at a municipal waste incinerator without varying your permit.
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Your environmental permit states the waste types and quantities you can accept. Normally you will breach your permit conditions if you accept waste types or quantities beyond those stated in your permit.
This COVID-19 regulatory position statement (RPS) only applies to operators of permitted municipal waste incinerators.
If you follow the conditions in this COVID-19 RPS you can accept and incinerate coronavirus (COVID-19) waste at a municipal waste incinerator without varying your environmental permit.
You must get written agreement from the Environment Agency before you use this COVID-19 RPS. The Environment Agency will only provide written agreement for using this COVID-19 RPS where the Cabinet Office and Defra have confirmed there are no other appropriate options available for treating or incinerating the waste.
Updates to this page
Published 17 November 2020Last updated 19 January 2021 + show all updates
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We have extended the expiry date of this RPS to 31 July 2021.
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Edited to include 'The Environment Agency will only provide written agreement for using this COVID-19 RPS where the Cabinet Office and Defra have confirmed there are no other appropriate options available for treating or incinerating the waste'.
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We have amended this RPS by removing the word 'infectious' where appropriate, removing the reference to 'yellow bagged', and setting out the waste types correctly.
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First published.