In this interim Authority response, the Department for Energy
Security and Net Zero sets out detail for the monitoring,
reporting and verification (MRV) only period.
This includes the following decisions:
- the MRV-only period
will commence from 1 January 2026. This is a valuable opportunity
for operators and their customers to better understand
participation in the scheme and to input into further policy
development by the Authority ahead of the inclusion of the waste
sector in the UK ETS
- at this stage, participation in the MRV-only period
will be voluntary. We encourage all operators to participate in
the period in order to support their understanding of the scheme,
their customer's understanding of potential costs and to inform
further ETS policy development. Participants will have full
access to regulator support in the run up to and during the
voluntary MRV-only period
without incurring onboarding or regulator upkeep costs
- the voluntary MRV-only period
will apply to combustion and process emissions from EfW and waste
incineration processes
- for the purposes of the voluntary MRV-only period,
the inclusion threshold for waste incineration will be based on
the small waste incineration plant (SWIP) throughput threshold
- clinical waste incinerators and clinical waste treated at
non-specialist facilities will be included in the
voluntary MRV-only period.
The voluntary MRV-only period
will allow us to better understand the impacts of including
clinical waste, and we will reassess this position ahead of the
inclusion of the waste sector in the UK ETS
- high temperature incinerators that primarily process
non-clinical hazardous waste will be exempt from the
voluntary MRV-only period
- for monitoring emissions, we have decided to use an
integrated monitoring approach, which will combine Carbon-14 and
emissions factors
Second government response
Due to the complexity of this work, and the desire to learn from
the MRV-only period
before finalising plans and proposals for cost exposure, the UK
ETS Authority will publish a second response before including the
sector in the full scheme. This second Authority Response
will contain the full, final policy design for the sector's
inclusion in the UK ETS.
Detail of feedback received
We received over 250 responses to this consultation, from a broad
range of stakeholders including:
- waste operators
- trade bodies
- local authorities
- NGOs
Read the full outcome
UK ETS scope expansion to waste:
interim Authority response
PDF, 758
KB, 52 pages
UK ETS scope expansion to waste:
interim Authority response - Analytical annex
PDF, 632
KB, 24 pages
Ehangu cwmpas Cynllun Masnachu
Allyriadau'r DU i wastraff: Ymateb interim yr
Awdurdod
PDF, 789
KB, 52 pages
Atodiad dadansoddol i ehangu
cwmpas Cynllun Masnachu Allyriadau'r DU (CMA): gwastraff – Ymateb
interim yr Awdurdod
PDF, 707
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