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* '''[[Residual Waste EFW]]''' [[Incineration|incinerators]] (also often termed MSW Incinerators) which have historically been able to dispose of specific [[Clinical Waste]] streams where they meet the same [[combustion]] and handling requirements as set out in preceding point<ref>As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic the [[EA]] published a Regulatory Position Statement (RPS C23) clarifying the circumstances where COVID-19 waste can be [[Incineration|incinerated]] with Municipal Waste Waste ([[MSW]]) until July 2021</ref><ref name="C23">[https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/incinerating-specified-healthcare-wastes-at-a-municipal-waste-incinerator-rps-c23/incinerating-specified-healthcare-wastes-at-a-municipal-waste-incinerator-rps-c23#conditions-you-must-comply-with RPS C23]</ref>. | * '''[[Residual Waste EFW]]''' [[Incineration|incinerators]] (also often termed MSW Incinerators) which have historically been able to dispose of specific [[Clinical Waste]] streams where they meet the same [[combustion]] and handling requirements as set out in preceding point<ref>As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic the [[EA]] published a Regulatory Position Statement (RPS C23) clarifying the circumstances where COVID-19 waste can be [[Incineration|incinerated]] with Municipal Waste Waste ([[MSW]]) until July 2021</ref><ref name="C23">[https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/incinerating-specified-healthcare-wastes-at-a-municipal-waste-incinerator-rps-c23/incinerating-specified-healthcare-wastes-at-a-municipal-waste-incinerator-rps-c23#conditions-you-must-comply-with RPS C23]</ref>. | ||
In 2020 these facilities received 131,944 tonnes of [[Clinical Waste]] (with no reporting by | In 2020 these facilities received 131,944 tonnes of [[Clinical Waste]] (with no reporting by two sites) and the [[HTI]]s received 123,636 tonnes of [[Hazardous Waste]], excluding the Hazardous Clinical Waste they received. In addition, '''[[Cement Kilns]]''' also played a significant role in the [[disposal]] of some specific [[Hazardous Waste]] [[EWC]] codes, totaling 102,231 tonnes in 2020 (although no data was recorded for three of the cement kilns). | ||
==Historical Levels of Incineration== | ==Historical Levels of Incineration== | ||