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The Special Waste Regulations 1996

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Restrictions on mixing special waste

17.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), an establishment or undertaking which carries out the disposal or recovery of special waste, or which collects or transports special waste, shall not—

(a)mix different categories of special waste; or

(b)mix special waste with waste which is not special waste.

(2) Paragraph (1) above shall not apply if the mixing—

(a)is authorised by a waste management licence or under an authorisation granted under Part I of the 1990 Act; or

(b)is an activity to which, by virtue of regulation 17 of the 1994 Regulations, section 33(1)(a) and (b) of the 1990 Act does not apply.

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