The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 No. 1154

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

PART 1 E+W Exempt waste operations: descriptions and conditions

CHAPTER 3 E+W Treatment of waste

SECTION 2 E+W Descriptions and specific conditions

Treatment of kitchen waste in a wormery (T26) E+W

26.—(1) The treatment in a wormery of relevant waste originating from a kitchen.

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

Codes	Waste types
200101	Paper and cardboard
200108	Biodegradable kitchen and canteen waste

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

(a) the total quantity of waste treated over any 12-month period does not exceed 6 tonnes, and

(b) the treatment results in a stable sanitised vermicompost that can be applied to land for the benefit of agriculture or to improve the soil structure or nutrients in land.