Issued as one of a series of guidance notes for processes prescribed for Integrated Pollution Control, this note includes the incineration of chemical waste which can be solid, liquid or gaseous, and can include plastics, whether incinerated "in-house" or in a merchant chemical incinerator.

Issued as one of a series of guidance notes for processes prescribed for Integrated Pollution Control, this IPC Guidance Note supersedes Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Pollution's Chief Inspector's Guidance Notes 5/1, 5/2, 5/3, 5/4, 5/5 and 5/11. This note covers: the incineration of chemical waste which can be solid, liquid or gaseous, and can include plastics, whether incinerated "in-house" or in a merchant chemical incinerator; the incineration of chemical waste, municipal waste, animal carcasses or sewage sludge on premises where there is plant designed to incinerate such waste at a rate of 1 tonne or more per hour; and the cleaning for reuse of metal containers used for the transport or storage of chemicals by burning out their residual content - Drum incineration.

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