SCHEDULE 3Descriptions: exempt waste operations and other operations to which section 33(1)(a) of the 1990 Act does not apply
PART 1Exempt waste operations: descriptions
Construction and soil materials13
1
Manufacturing timber products, straw board, plasterboard, bricks, blocks, roadstone or aggregate from—
a
waste which arises from demolition or construction work or tunnelling or other excavations; or
b
waste which consists of ash, slag, clinker, rock, wood, bark, paper, straw or gypsum.
2
Manufacturing soil or soil substitutes from any of the wastes listed in sub-paragraph (1) if—
a
the manufacture is carried out at the place where either the waste is produced or the manufactured product is to be applied to land; and
b
the total amount manufactured at that place on any day does not exceed 500 tonnes.
3
Treatment of waste soil or rock which, when treated, is to be spread on land under paragraph 7 or 9, if—
a
it is carried out at the place where the waste is produced or the treated product is to be spread; and
b
the total amount treated at that place in any day does not exceed 100 tonnes.
4
Storage of waste which is to be submitted to any operation falling within sub-paragraphs (1) to (3) if—
a
the waste is stored at the place where the operation is to be carried on; and
b
the total quantity of waste stored at that place does not exceed—
i
in the case of the manufacture of roadstone from road planings, 50,000 tonnes, and
ii
in any other case, 20,000 tonnes.