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

Sorting and de-naturing of controlled drugs for disposal (T28) E+W

28.—(1) The treatment of controlled drugs consisting of relevant waste by sorting and de-naturing them prior to their disposal.

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

Codes	Waste types
180109	Medicines from natal care, diagnosis, treatment or prevention of disease in humans
180208	Medicines from research, diagnosis, treatment or prevention of disease involving animals
200132	Medicines separately collected as municipal waste

(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 1 cubic metre,

(b) the treatment and storage are carried on at the place of production, and

(c) no waste is stored for longer than 6 months.

(4) In this paragraph, “controlled drug” means a controlled drug specified in Schedules 1 to 5 to the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 M1 .

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 2001/3998; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2003/1432, 2005/1653, 2864, 3372, 2007/2154, 2009/3136, 2010/1144, 1799, 2011/448, 2012/973, 1311, 2013/176, 625, 2014/1275, 1377, 3277, 2015/231 and 891.