The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 No. 3538

SCHEDULE 3 Descriptions: exempt waste operations and other operations to which section 33(1)(a) of the 1990 Act does not apply

PART 1 Exempt waste operations: descriptions

Preparatory treatments of waste plant matter

21.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2),—

(a) chipping, shredding, cutting or pulverising waste plant matter, including wood or bark; or

(b) sorting and baling sawdust or wood shavings,

on any premises.

(2) An operation does not fall within sub-paragraph (1) unless—

(a) it is carried on for the purposes of recovery or reuse; and

(b) no more than 1,000 tonnes of such waste is dealt with on those premises in any period of 7 days.

(3) Storage of waste in connection with an operation mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) at the premises where it is carried on if the total amount of waste stored at those premises does not at any time exceed 1,000 tonnes.