• Waste Management Technologies

Waste incineration BAT (Best Available Techniques) reference documents (WI BREF) are the result of an exchange of information between the EU Member States, concerned industries, non-governmental organizations, and the European Commission.

The main aim of the WI BAT conclusions is to reduce the emission of harmful compounds to air and water from different waste installations. BREF defines the technical basis and BAT-associated emission levels (BAT-AELs) for national authorities in the EU to set permit conditions for industrial installations.

Waste incineration plants must monitor the following emissions:

• sulfur dioxide (SO2)
• nitrogen oxides (NOx)
• carbon monoxide (CO)
• hydrogen chloride (HCl)
• hydrogen fluoride (HF)
• hydrocarbons
• N2O (in certain cases)
• ammonia (NH3) (in case the plant uses an SCR or SNCR system to reduce nitrogen oxides)
• mercury (Hg)
• dioxins and furans
• particulate matter