Waste Treatment Projects - Definitions and Scope

For the purpose of this policy, waste treatment projects include: • Waste separation; • Recycling; • Transfer; • Composting; • The treatment and transfer of special waste; • The thermal treatment of waste including incineration and relatively new techniques such as pyrolysis, gasification, and fluidised bed combustion; • Other energy recovery facilities such as anaerobic digestion; • Proposals for the development of waste water treatment works, including extensions to existing facilities; and • Planning applications for the recycling of construction and demolition waste.