# Investigation into the Efficiency of the Current Municipal Waste Incineration

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by DEFRA.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [DEFRA](/buyers/defra/contract-awards)
- Supplier: [Water Research Centre Limited](/suppliers/water-research-centre/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £145,432
- Award date: 30 June 2023
- Published: 25 October 2023
- Contract start: 1 September 2023
- Contract end: 26 April 2024
- Stage: awarded
- Notice ID: 3011ac19-9d8a-48c9-8912-03b7c5d419e6-691947
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-919dd154-216c-4157-b23e-482d48a495e1

## Description

This research project aims to establish the POP destruction efficiency of municipal waste incinerators\. This is relevant given Defra's current position, based on the Basel Convention technical guidelines , that municipal waste incinerators \(MWIs\) are an appropriate disposal route for waste containing brominated flame retardants \(BFRs\), and that there are no significant adverse impacts on the environment from this disposal route \(either via emissions to air or the residues produced\)\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3011ac19-9d8a-48c9-8912-03b7c5d419e6-691947)