Incineration without Energy Recovery

This is a ‘waste destination’ description that appears in WasteDataFlow.

Waste Disposal Authorities will select this option from a drop down list within WasteDataFlow if the Residual Waste collected by the Waste Collection Authorities or Residual Waste collected at their Household Waste Recycling Centres has been sent to an incineration facility that does not recovery energy from the waste which it uses as a fuel.

Waste Facilities in UK provides an indication on the numbers of incineration facilities and Energy Recovery Facilities operating within the UK.

Examples of incineration facilities that do not recover energy include crematoria, clinical incinerators and those plants incinerating animal carcasses.