Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it is his policy for the UK to maintain regulatory alignment with European Union Directive 2010/75/EU Art 3.40 in respect of the definition of (a) pyrolysis and (b) gasification as forms of incineration.
Defra has no plans at this time to amend the existing regulatory framework governing incineration. However, Defra continuously considers how waste can be managed in the most sustainable way, including through new and emerging technologies currently classified as energy recovery.