D6: incinerating waste produced on site

Read New rules from January 2027 to find out what to do.

There’s a charge for most waste exemptions

This exemption is in band 2. Read waste exemption charges to find out what the charges and charging bands are.

To meet this exemption, the wastes have to be specifically excluded from the Industrial Emissions Directive. The relevant excluded wastes are:

Waste streams that you can burn under this exemption include:

The waste codes are those listed in the List of Wastes (LoW) Regulations. You need to make sure your waste fits within the relevant waste code and description.

You can burn waste in an incinerator that has a capacity of less than 50 kilograms per hour and a net rated thermal input of less than 0.4 megawatt (MW).

You can store up to 5 tonnes of waste at any one time before burning.

If there is more than one appliance, the total net rated thermal input must be less than 0.4MW (for example, 4 × 0.1MW appliances).

Only the person who produced the waste can burn the waste in an incinerator.

If you will be incinerating animal carcasses only, you do not have to register this exemption. Instead, you will need an approval from Defra’s Animal Health section, which deals with the Animal By-Product Regulations.