2.4. Treatment of hazardous waste
Description of the activity
Construction, upgrade, and operation of dedicated facilities for the treatment of hazardous waste as a means for material recovery operations.
This economic activity covers both in situ and ex situ material recovery operations of waste classified as hazardous waste in accordance with the European List of Waste established by Commission Decision 2000/532/EC [Commission Decision 2000/532/EC of 3 May 2000 replacing Decision 94/3/EC establishing a list of wastes pursuant to Article 1(a) of Council Directive 75/442/EEC on waste and Council Decision 94/904/EC establishing a list of hazardous waste pursuant to Article 1(4) of Council Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste (OJ L 226, 6.9.2000, p. 3).] and in accordance with Annex III to Directive 2008/98/EC. This includes the following streams:
(a) solvent reclamation or regeneration;
(b) regeneration of acids and bases;
(c) recycling or reclamation of inorganic materials other than metals or metal compounds;
(d) recovery of components used for pollution abatement;
(e) recovery of components from catalysts;
(f) re-refining of oil lubricants and other industrial waste oils (excluding for use as fuel or incineration).
The economic activity does not include the reuse of substances that do not qualify as waste, such as by-products or residues from production activities, in accordance with Article 5 of Directive 2008/98/EC.