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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a Scottish Statutory Instrument: The Waste Management Licensing (Scotland) Regulations 2011 No. 228
12.—(1) Subject to sub paragraph (3)—
(a)composting biodegradable waste of a type listed in Table 6, other than for the purpose of cultivating mushrooms;
(b)chipping, shredding, cutting, pulverising, screening or storing such waste for the purpose of composting at the place where the composting activity is, or is to be, carried out; and
(c)screening any such waste which has been composted.
Codes(1) | Types of waste |
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(1) Codes referred to in the European Waste Catalogue. | |
(2) Wastes containing dangerous substances are not included. | |
(3) The wastes listed do not include all of the wastes specified in the European Waste Catalogue under the code referred to. | |
Wastes from agriculture, horticulture, aquaculture, forestry, hunting and fishing (02 01) | |
02 01 03 | Plant-tissue waste |
02 01 06 | Animal faeces, urine and manure (including spoiled straw)(3) |
02 01 07 | Wastes from forestry |
02 01 99 | Straw, wood or paper – based bedding waste, slurry or dirty water from stables, zoos, animal parks or livestock markets(3) |
Wastes from fruit, vegetables, cereals, edible oils, cocoa, coffee, tea and tobacco preparation and processing; conserve production; yeast and yeast extract production, molasses preparation and fermentation (02 03) | |
02 03 01 | Sludges from washing, cleaning, peeling, centrifuging and separation |
Wastes from wood processing and the production of panels and furniture (03 01) | |
03 01 01 | Waste bark and cork |
03 01 05 | Sawdust, shavings, cuttings, wood(2) |
Wastes from pulp, paper and cardboard production and processing (03 03) | |
03 03 01 | Waste bark and wood |
Wastes from the textile industry (04 02) | |
04 02 10 | Organic matter from natural products (e.g. grease, wax) |
Packaging (including separately collected municipal packaging waste) (15 01) | |
15 01 01 | Paper and cardboard packaging |
15 01 03 | Wooden packaging |
15 01 09 | Textile packaging |
Wastes from aerobic treatment of solid wastes (19 05) | |
19 05 03 | Off-specification compost consisting only of biodegradable waste(3) |
Separately collected fractions of municipal wastes (household waste and similar commercial, industrial and institutional wastes) (20 01) | |
20 01 01 | Paper and cardboard |
20 01 08 | Biodegradable kitchen and canteen waste |
20 01 10 | Clothes |
20 01 11 | Textiles |
Garden and park waste (including cemetery waste) (20 02) | |
20 02 01 | Biodegradable waste |
Other municipal wastes (20 03) | |
20 03 02 | Botanical waste from markets(3) |
(2) Composting any of the wastes listed in the first column of Table 6 for the purpose of cultivating mushrooms at the place where the waste is produced or where the compost is to be used, or at any other place occupied by the person producing the waste or using the compost, where the quantity of waste being composted at any one time does not exceed 2,500 tonnes.
(3) The total quantity of waste treated and stored under sub-paragraph (1) at any time shall not exceed, in relation to the composting activities referred to in the second column of Table 7, the quantity shown in the third column of that Table.
Code and type of waste (as referred to in Table 6)(1) | Composting activity | Maximum total quantity (including storage and treatment) |
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(1) Codes referred to in the European Waste Catalogue. | ||
(2) Containment in this context means composting in a vessel, in a sealed building or by some other process equally effective to produce a wholly contained and controlled environment. | ||
Plant tissue waste 02 01 03 | Open air windrow composting without containment(2) and without any impermeable pavement or sealed drainage | 400 tonnes |
Wastes from forestry 02 01 07 | ||
Waste bark and cork 03 01 01 | ||
Biodegradable waste from gardens and park wastes (including cemetery waste 20 02 01) | ||
All above wastes namely 02 01 03, 02 01 07, 03 01 01, 20 02 01 plus 02 01 06, 15 01 01, 15 01 09, 20 01 10 and 20 01 11 | Open air windrow composting without containment(2) on an impermeable pavement with sealed drainage | 400 tonnes |
Any type of waste referred to in Table 6 | Composting with containment(2) of waste | 400 tonnes |
Plant tissue waste 02 01 03 | Open air windrow composting by a farm business of wastes arising within that business as defined for the purposes of the Integrated Administration and Control System for farm support without containment(2) and without any impermeable pavement or sealed drainage | 1,000 tonnes |
Wastes from forestry 02 01 07 | ||
Waste bark and cork 03 01 01 | ||
Biodegradable waste from gardens and park wastes (including cemetery waste) 20 02 01 | ||
All above wastes namely 02 01 03, 02 01 07, 03 01 01, 20 02 01 plus 02 01 06, 15 01 01, 15 01 09, 20 01 10 and 20 01 11 | Open air composting by a farm business of wastes arising within that business as defined for the purposes of the Integrated Administration and Control System for farm support without containment(2) on an impermeable pavement with sealed drainage | 1,000 tonnes |
Any type of waste referred to in Table 6 | Composting by a farm business of wastes arising within that business as defined for the purposes of the Integrated Administration and Control System for farm support with containment(2) of waste | 1,000 tonnes |
Biodegradable kitchen and canteen waste 20 01 08 | Composting in compliance with regulation 15 of the Animal By-Products (Scotland) Regulations 2003 | 400 tonnes |
(4) The secure storage of biodegradable waste which is to be composted in reliance upon the exemption conferred by sub paragraph (1) at a place other than the place where such composting is or is to be carried out where—
(a)the waste is stored for a period not exceeding 48 hours and is to be taken directly from the storage site to that place;
(b)such storage is part of a scheme for the collection of waste from groups of premises; and
(c)the total quantity of waste so stored does not exceed 10 tonnes.
(5) For the purposes of this paragraph—
(a)“composting” means the autothermic and thermophilic biological decomposition and stabilisation of biodegradable waste under controlled aerobic conditions that result in a stable sanitised material that can be applied to land for the benefit of agriculture, horticulture or ecological improvement; and
(b)the reference to “treated” waste includes waste which is undergoing maturation;
(c)“The Integrated Administration and Control System for farm support” has the meaning given by paragraph 7(7).
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