SCHEDULE 3Exempt facilities and waste operations to which section 33(1)(a) of the 1990 Act does not apply: descriptions and conditions

PART 1Exempt waste operations: descriptions and conditions

CHAPTER 2Use of waste

SECTION 2Descriptions and specific conditions

Spreading of plant matter to confer benefit (U13)13

1

The spreading of relevant waste at the place of production to confer benefit.

2

The table specifying relevant waste for the purposes of this paragraph is set out below.

Codes

Waste Types

020103, 020107, 020304, 200201

Plant tissue only

3

For the purposes of this paragraph, the specific conditions are that—

a

the total quantity of waste spread over any 12-month period does not exceed 50 tonnes per hectare,

b

at the time the spreading begins—

i

the land has not been frozen for 12 or more hours in the preceding 24 hours;

ii

the land is not waterlogged, frozen or snow-covered, and

c

except for waste which is spread on the banks of the waters from which it was produced, no waste is spread within 50 metres of any watercourse, spring, well or borehole.