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* Have or will have an [[Environmental Permit]] for a waste incineration installation
* Have or will have an [[Environmental Permit]] for a waste incineration installation
* Be capable of incinerating mixed [[Municipal Solid Waste]], including [[RDF]] or [[SRF]] [[Waste Derived Fuel]]
* Be capable of incinerating mixed [[Municipal Solid Waste]], including [[RDF]] or [[SRF]] [[Waste Derived Fuel]]
* Not be a co-incinerator<ref> GOV.UK, 2019. [https://www.gov.uk/guidance/waste-incinerator-plant-apply-for-ri-status Waste incinerator plant: apply for R1 status. GOV.UK.] [online] [Accessed 31 Oct. 2019].</ref>
* Not be a co-incinerator<ref name="Recov">[https://www.gov.uk/guidance/waste-incinerator-plant-apply-for-ri-status Waste incinerator plant: apply for R1 status. GOV.UK.] 2019.[online] [Accessed 31 Oct. 2019].</ref>


Only R1 facilities can receive [[WDF]] from other EU countries for processing – export to other EU countries for [[Disposal]] (for example to an [[Incinerator]] that does not have R1 status) is illegal<ref name="foo">European Commission, 2008. [https://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/framework/pdf/guidance.pdf Guidelines on the Interpretation of the [[R1]] Energy Efficiency Formula for Incineration Facilities Dedicated to the Processing of Municipal Solid waste According to Annex II of Directive 2008/98/EC on Waste.] Directorate-General Environment.</ref>.
Only R1 facilities can receive [[WDF]] from other EU countries for processing – export to other EU countries for [[Disposal]] (for example to an [[Incinerator]] that does not have R1 status) is illegal<ref name="foo">European Commission, 2008. [https://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/framework/pdf/guidance.pdf Guidelines on the Interpretation of the [[R1]] Energy Efficiency Formula for Incineration Facilities Dedicated to the Processing of Municipal Solid waste According to Annex II of Directive 2008/98/EC on Waste.] Directorate-General Environment.</ref>.
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*O<sub>exp</sub> = annual exported energy (combined total of heat plus electricity as equivalents)
*O<sub>exp</sub> = annual exported energy (combined total of heat plus electricity as equivalents)


''"If the result is higher than 1: This shows that the plant minus imported energy with steam production is exporting (BREF) or producing (ECJ C-228/00) more energy than that which is required to operate the total waste incineration process."''<ref name="foo" />
==Energy Efficency Results<ref name="Recov"/>==


The minimum R1 values are:
0.60 for MWI permitted and in operation before 1 January 2009
0.65 for MWI permitted and in operation after 31 December 2008




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