Cabinet Regulation No. 401 of 2011 on Requirements for Incineration of Waste and Operation of Waste Incineration Plants

The Regulation prescribes the requirements for the incineration of waste (including hazardous waste), as well as for the operation of waste incineration plants. It applies to (1) stationary or mobile technical units or equipment dedicated to the thermal treatment of wastes with or without recovery of the combustion heat generated, by oxidation of waste, as well as other thermal treatment processes (including pyrolysis, gasification or plasma processes), if the substances resulting from the treatment are subsequently incinerated; (2) stationary or mobile technical units dedicated to the generation of energy or production of certain type of materials and which use waste as a regular or additional fuel or in which waste is thermally disposed; (3) territories of waste incineration and co-incineration plants (including all incineration lines or co-incineration lines, units of waste collection, storage and local pre-treatment, fuel and air supply systems, facilities for cleaning of exhaust gases and facilities for storage and purification of waste water, chimneys), devices and systems for the management and control of the operation of the incineration or co-incineration process and monitoring and recording of incineration or co-incineration conditions; and (4) existing waste incineration or co-incineration plants which operate in accordance with Paragraph 4 of this Regulation. The Regulation does not however apply to a set of special category of waste, such as certain vegetable waste, certain wood waste, radioactive waste etc.