(introduced by section 15)

SCHEDULE 1QUALIFYING MATERIAL: SPECIFIED MATERIALS AND CONDITIONS

General

1The Table sets out—

(a)in the second column, the materials that are specified for the purposes of requirement 1 in section 15;

(b)in the third column, the conditions (if any) that apply in respect of the materials for the purposes of requirement 2 in that section.

TABLE

GroupMaterialsConditions
1Rocks and soilNaturally occurring
2Ceramic or concrete material
3MineralsProcessed or prepared
4Furnace slags
5Ash
6Low activity inorganic compounds
7Calcium sulphate
1.

The environmental permit relating to the site at which the material is disposed of authorises landfill disposals of non-hazardous waste only.

2.

The material is disposed of in a cell that does not contain any biodegradable waste.

8Calcium hydroxide and brineDisposed of in a brine cavity

Interpretation

2The Table is to be interpreted in accordance with the following paragraphs of the Schedule.

3The material in Group 1 comprises only—

(a)rock;

(b)clay;

(c)sand;

(d)gravel;

(e)sandstone;

(f)limestone;

(g)crushed stone;

(h)china clay;

(i)construction stone;

(j)stone from the demolition of buildings or structures;

(k)slate;

(l)sub-soil;

(m)silt;

(n)dredgings.

4The material in Group 2 comprises only—

(a)glass, including fritted enamel;

(b)ceramics, including bricks, bricks and mortar, tiles, clay ware, pottery, china and refractories;

(c)concrete, including reinforced concrete blocks, breeze blocks and aircrete blocks.

5The material in Group 2 does not include—

(a)glass fibre or glass-reinforced plastic;

(b)concrete plant washings.

6The material in Group 3 comprises only—

(a)moulding sands, including used foundry sand;

(b)clays, including moulding clays and clay absorbents (including Fuller’s earth and bentonite);

(c)mineral absorbents;

(d)man-made mineral fibres, including glass fibres;

(e)silica;

(f)mica;

(g)mineral abrasives.

7The material in Group 3 does not include—

(a)moulding sands containing organic binders;

(b)man-made mineral fibres made from—

(i)glass-reinforced plastic, or

(ii)asbestos.

8The material in Group 4 comprises only—

(a)vitrified wastes and residues from the thermal processing of minerals where the wastes or residues are both fused and insoluble;

(b)slag from waste incineration.

9The material in Group 5 comprises only fly ash and bottom ash from—

(a)wood or waste combustion, or

(b)coal or petroleum coke combustion (including fly ash and bottom ash produced when coal or petroleum coke is burnt together with biomass).

10The material in Group 5 does not include fly ash from—

(a)sewage sludge, or

(b)municipal, clinical or hazardous waste incinerators.

11The material in Group 6 comprises only—

(a)calcium based reaction wastes from titanium dioxide production;

(b)calcium carbonate;

(c)magnesium carbonate;

(d)magnesium oxide;

(e)magnesium hydroxide;

(f)iron oxide;

(g)ferric hydroxide;

(h)aluminium oxide;

(i)aluminium hydroxide;

(j)zirconium dioxide.

12Group 7 includes calcium sulphate, gypsum and calcium sulphate based plasters but does not include plasterboard.

13In the third column of the Table, “non-hazardous waste” means waste that is not hazardous waste within the meaning of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 November 2008 on waste.