Obtain an integrated permit from the authorities in the EU countries Follow best available techniques (BAT).

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2 EU Directive (2010/75/EU) adopted on 24 November 2010, it came into force on 6 January 2011 It had to be transposed into national legislation by Member States by 7 January 2013 Successor of the IPPC Directive, aims at minimising pollution from various industrial sources throughout the European Union. Operators of industrial installations operating activities covered by Annex I of the IED are required to: Obtain an integrated permit from the authorities in the EU countries Follow best available techniques (BAT). Info can be found at

3 Annex I of the IED includes: Biological treatment aimed at recovery or mix of recovery and disposal of nonhazardous wastes with a capacity exceeding 75 tonnes/day (or 100 tonnes/day if only waste treatment is AD) Biological treatment aimed at disposal of non-hazardous waste with a capacity exceeding 50 tonnes per day (or 100 tonnes/day if only waste treatment is AD) 3

4 EU s Guidance on the Interpretation and Determination of Capacity under the IPPC Directive defines daily capacity: o The maximum capacity to which the installation is limited technically or legally. It s the capacity of the operation to operate 24 hours a day, provided the equipment is not technically or legally restricted from operating in that way. Examples of implementation from the UK environmental regulator: o o Wet AD site: total volume of biological treatment tanks in tonnes divided by retention time in days = daily capacity Outdoor composting: Volume of each windrow X max number of windrows that pad can accommodate. This is then converted into tonnes using a recognised conversion factor and divided by process length in days. 4

5 Is this caught by the IED above a threshold? Will it be covered by the WT BREF? UK Competent Authority has not clarified this yet. Two possible options: 1. Biogas burning is an activity/installation within the IED in its own right, in which case IED threshold of 10 tonnes/day for hazardous waste applies (as per Annex I of IED, 5.1), or 2. Biogas burning is NOT an activity in its own right, but rather a Directly Associated Activity, in which case no threshold applies. Implications of the above still unclear. Either ways, the WT BREF is likely to cover this activity. 5

6 The IED requires that all appropriate preventive measures are taken to protect against pollution, in particular Best Available Techniques (BAT) must be used. BREF: EU BAT reference document, setting out conclusions on what constitutes BAT for the relevant sector and the emission levels associated with their use. The current BREF for waste treatments was issued in 2006 and is currently under review. New BREF due to be published in Once the revised BREF is adopted installations will have 4 years to implement any changes. 6

7 According to Article 13 of the Directive, in order to draw up, review and, where necessary, update BAT reference documents, the Commission shall organise an exchange of information between Member States, the industries concerned, nongovernmental organisations promoting environmental protection and the Commission. 7

8 June 2013: The EIPPC Bureau reactivated the technical working group (TWG): 160 members, from European trade bodies (including ECN and EBA) and Member States to facilitate exchange of information: Unico Van Kooten (Dutch Waste Management Association) for ECN Adrie Veeken (Attero) for ECN David Wilken (German Biogas Association) for EBA Percy Foster (Cré, Ireland) for ECN BGK (Veolia Umweltservice Germany) for ECN September 2013: TWG members expressed their initial views last September on a draft BAT conclusions chapter that was circulated by the Bureau. November 2013: TWG kick-off meeting at the JRC-IPTS in Seville. January 2014: report from the KoM released by the Bureau to participants 8

9 Attended by 75 participants Aim: define scope, structure, contents and key environmental issues to consider in the BREF ECN presented an overview of the diversity of process types in organic waste treatments 4 subgroups are activated following decisions taken at the meeting: 1. to support questionnaire development 2. on biological treatment of waste 3. on mechanical treatment of waste 4. on physico-chemical treatment of waste. The biological treatment group will be responsible for suggesting to the TWG: the key environmental issues related to the biological treatment of waste techniques applied in the process of the biological treatment, and parameters and contextual information that are important for the determination of BAT and BAT-associated environmental performance levels (BAT-AEPLs) 9

10 BREF review next milestones Bureau to send templates on: List of well-performing plants willing to participate in data collection and site visits No of WT plants caught by IED for each Annex I activity List of techniques to populate multiple-choice questionnaire Info on applied averaging periods/frequency for monitoring of pollutants for relevant activities Deadline Mid-Feb 2014 TWG members to submit filled-in templates 31 st March 2014 Distribution of questionnaire for data collation to plants May 2014 Collection of thematic sub-groups contribution and bulk of information 30 June 2014 Submission of filled-in questionnaires to Bureau 20 September 2014 First draft of the revised WT BREF Comments on first draft Tentatively: During spring 2015 Tentatively: spring summer 2015 Assessment of need for second draft September 2015 Final TWG meeting Tentatively: 1 st quarter 2016 Final draft delivered to IED Article 13 Forum Tentatively:

11 Environmental regulator has procured guidance documents containing BATs for composting, AD and MBT. Currently being finalised. Environmental regulator is currently investigating how many plants in the UK are caught by IED questionnaire sent out to all plants to verify whether their daily capacity is above IED threshold An UK biological treatment Task Force including regulators, trade bodies and composting, AD and MBT operators has been set up to inform the review and the UK s position ORG and other trade bodies are gathering information from their members operating biological treatment plants to identify: o o o o What are the most common techniques used in the UK to abate or mitigate emissions? What parameters are currently monitored to control emissions to air, water etc. What data are available on these parameters: are there gaps that need to be filled in? What other requirements are in the plants permits/licenses to control /minimise emissions? 11

12 The ECN representatives and other keep stakeholders (FEAD, EBA) met on 19 th December in Cologne and agreed the following: Trade bodies in different countries to send a ECN preliminary survey to gather information about biological treatment plants by 31 st January ECN to compile a list of common techniques for biological treatments ECN will put together a list of definitions relevant to the WT BREF and these will be discussed at the meeting on 19 th Feb in Dublin ECN to propose a structure for the WT BREF and to ensure this includes all biological treatment processes established and emerging in Europe. 12

13 Process types Green waste Bio-waste Mixed waste Park and yard waste Source separated organic waste from households, from catering and from food industry; sewage sludge 1. Outdoor composting Indoor composting Aerobic biological stabilisation (biothermal drying) Mixed household waste, sewage sludge Anaerobic digestion (AD) AD + outdoor or indoor composting 6. Material recovery + (AD or indoor composting) Total Total sum

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15 Thank you Kiara Zennaro Organics Recycling Group (REA)