Part 1

Waste
Chapter 1

Waste sent to landfills

Supplementary

Activities to which Chapter 1 does not apply
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1
References in this Chapter to sending biodegradable waste , biodegradable local authority collected municipal waste, or biodegradable municipal waste, to landfills do not include—
a
the spreading of sludges (including sewage sludges and sludges resulting from dredging operations), or similar matter, on the soil for the purposes of fertilisation or improvement,
b
the deposit of non-hazardous dredging sludges alongside small waterways from out of which they have been dredged,
c
the deposit of non-hazardous sludges in surface water or in the bed or subsoil of surface water, or
d
the deposit of unpolluted soil resulting from—
i
prospecting for, or the extraction, treatment or storage of, mineral resources, or
ii
the operation of quarries.
2
For the purposes of this section, sludge is “non-hazardous” if it is not hazardous waste for the purpose of Council Directive
91/689/
EEC
within the meaning of regulation 6 of the Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005.within the meaning of regulation 6 of the Hazardous Waste (Wales) Regulations 2005.
Words in s. 25(2) substituted (W.) (16.7.2005) by The Hazardous Waste (Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1806), reg. 1(2)(ii), Sch. 11 para. 4 (with regs. 12-17, 71)
Words in s. 25(2) substituted (E.W.) (16.7.2005) by Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/894), reg. 1(1)(b), Sch. 11 para. 2 (with reg. 75)
Words in s. 25(1) inserted (21.11.2011) by The Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2499), regs. 1(2), 7