Waste exemptions guidance
Certain waste operations are exempt from the need to hold an environmental permit (formerly a waste management licence). These operations are not unregulated but are subject to a lighter touch regulation requiring those who carry them out to comply with certain rules and not cause harm to the environment.
Most exempt waste operations are registered by the Environment Agency, however under the Regulations, Schedule 3, Chapter 3, Section 2, any T3 and T7 waste exempt operations operating within the District must be registered with us. These are briefly described as:
- T3 is the treatment of waste metals and alloys for the purposes of removing grease, oil or any other non-metallic contaminant by heating it in an appliance or appliances with a net rated thermal input of less than 0.2 megawatts
- T7 is the treatment of waste bricks, ceramic tiles and concrete by crushing, grinding or reducing it in size but not including any treatment covered by a Part B permitted activity as described in Schedule 1, Section 3.5 of the EP Regulations
Please note, where an exempt waste activity is a directly associated activity of a permitted Part B activity in relation to emissions to air, the waste activity must be incorporated into the existing Permit.