The Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) Regulations 2000

Part A(1)
(a)

Recovering by distillation of any oil or organic solvent.

(b)

Cleaning or regenerating carbon, charcoal or ion exchange resins by removing matter which is, or includes, any substance listed in paragraphs 12 to 14 of Part 2 of this Schedule.

(c)

Unless carried out as part of any other Part A activity, recovering hazardous waste in plant with a capacity of more than 10 tonnes per day by means of the following operations—

(i)

the use principally as a fuel or other means to generate energy (R1);

(ii)

solvent reclamation/regeneration (R2);

(iii)

recycling/reclamation of inorganic materials other than metals and metal compounds (R5);

(iv)

regeneration of acids or bases (R6);

(v)

recovering components used for pollution abatement (R7);

(vi)

recovery of components from catalysts (R8);

(vii)

oil re-refining or other reuses of oil (R9).