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Simple Exemptions

Last updated: 31 March 2009

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The use and storage of waste glass (glass manufacture and
production)

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Operation of a scrap metal furnace

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Burning of waste as a fuel

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Cleaning, washing, spraying, coating and storage of packaging waste

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Burning of waste as a fuel in an appliance with net rated thermal input of less than 0.4 megawatts

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Treatment of waste with a view to recovery or reuse

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The beneficial use of waste

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The storage of wastes for the purpose of recovery or reuse

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Storage of waste in a secure container

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Laundering or cleaning waste textiles

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Chipping, shredding, cutting or pulverising of waste plant matter

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Recovery of silver from waste printing
and photographic wastes

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Recovery of waste consisting of animal by-products

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Treatment of waste bricks, tiles or cement with a view to recovery or reuse of the waste

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Deposit of waste arising from dredging inland waterways or clearing plant matter from inland waterways

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Recovery of waste as an integral part of the process
that produces it

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Baling, Compacting, Crushing, Shredding or Pulverising of Waste at the Place of Production

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Disposal of waste at the place of production in an incinerator

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Burning of waste on open land at a place of production

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Discharge of sanitary waste from a passenger train

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Burial on Premises of Waste arising from the Use on those Premises of a Sanitary Convenience which is equipped with a Removable Receptacle

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The Keeping or Deposit of Waste arising from Peatworking

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Keeping or deposit of spent railway ballast

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Deposit of Borehole or Excavated Waste

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Temporary storage of waste consisting of garbage from Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels

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Burial of a Dead Domestic Pet in the Garden of a Domestic Property where the Pet Lived

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Storage/Deposit of Waste Samples to be Tested or Analysed

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Storage of Waste Medicines Pending Disposal

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Storage of non-liquid waste including WEEE at any site other than the premises where it is produced

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The Temporary Storage of Waste, Including WEEE, Pending its Collection, at the Place where it is Produced

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The Waste Management
Transitional Arrangements
for the Treatment, keeping
or Disposal at Any Premises,
of Scrap Metal or Waste Motor
Vehicles, which are to be
Dismantled Pending the Issue
of a Licence

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The Waste Management Transitional Arrangements to Cover (up to 19 December 2004) the Treatment, keeping or Disposal of waste

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Heating metals and metal alloys for the purpose of removing grease, oil or any other non-metallic contaminant

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Recovery and Storage of
Waste from a Water
Treatment Works and a Sewage Treatment Works

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The burning of waste at a dock