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 3Treatment of waste

SECTION 2Descriptions and specific conditions

Manual treatment of waste (T12)12

1

The manual treatment of relevant waste by a relevant treatment operation.

2

The table below specifies—

a

relevant waste for the purposes of this paragraph and relevant treatment operations,

b

the quantity limits referred to in sub-paragraph (3)(a), and

c

the additional specific conditions referred to in sub-paragraph (3)(c).

Codes

Waste types

Relevant treatment operation

Quantity limits (at any one time)

Additional specific conditions

200199

Bicycles only

Sorting, repairing or refurbishing

100 tonnes

A

200110, 200111

Clothing, fabrics, carpets only

Sorting, repairing or refurbishing

100 tonnes

A

200138, 200139, 200140

Coat hangers only

Sorting and dismantling

100 tonnes

B

200140

Domestic pots and pans only

Sorting and dismantling

100 tonnes

200199

Footwear only

Sorting, repairing or refurbishing

100 tonnes

A

200307

Furniture only

Sorting, repairing or refurbishing

100 tonnes

A

200138, 200139, 200140

Garden tools only

Sorting, repairing or refurbishing

100 tonnes

A

200138, 200139, 200140

Lock gates only

Sorting and dismantling

100 tonnes

200307

Mattresses only

Sorting and dismantling

5 tonnes

B, C

170102, 170201, 170904, 200138

Stone, bricks, wood only

Sorting, repairing or refurbishing

500 tonnes

A

200137*, 200138, 200140

Telegraph poles only

Sorting and dismantling

100 tonnes

B

170201, 170202, 170203, 200102, 200138, 200139, 200140

Windows, doors only

Sorting, repairing or refurbishing

100 tonnes

A

170201, 170202, 170203, 200102, 200138, 200139, 200140

Windows, doors only

Sorting and dismantling

10 tonnes

B

150103

Wooden pallets only

Sorting, repairing or refurbishing

100 tonnes

A

150103

Wooden pallets only

Sorting and dismantling

100 tonnes

B

3

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

a

the total quantity of waste treated or stored at any one time does not exceed the limit specified in the fourth column of the table in sub-paragraph (2),

b

subject to additional specific condition B in paragraph (c), where it applies, no waste is stored for longer than 2 years, and

c

the operation complies with such of the following additional specific conditions as is specified in the fifth column of the table—

A

the operation is for the purposes of reusing the waste;

B

no waste is stored for longer than 12 months;

C

treatment and storage are carried on indoors.