The Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2000 (PPC) were made under the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999. The Regulations implement the European Community (EC) Directive 96/61/EC on Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control and will eventually replace Part 1 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (EPA 1990). The Regulations apply an integrated environmental approach to the regulation of specified industrial activities, including some sectors of industry not previously regulated under EPA 1990 e.g. certain pig and poultry rearing installations.

The PPC regime aims to prevent waste production and emissions to the environment, and where this is not practicable, reduce them to acceptable levels. The principle of 'BAT' (Best Available Technique) is used within PPC and operators must ensure that this standard is achieved at their installations.

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