The following table shows the number of waste incinerators which were permitted in the UK in each of the last 10 years by the Environment Agency, or its predecessor Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Pollution (HMIP). It includes all incineration processes that take waste from off-site sources. It does not include processes that burn their own waste.
Number of incinerators 1998 4 1999 7 2000 4 2001 1 2002 1 2003 0 2004 0 2005 13 2006 0 2007 0