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

Mechanical treatment of end-of-life tyres (T8)8

1

The treatment of end-of-life tyres, including such tyres in a shredded or granulated form that are relevant waste by a relevant treatment operation and associated prior treatment.

2

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

Codes

Waste types

Relevant treatment operation

160103

End-of-life tyres

Granulating, baling, peeling, shaving, shredding and re-treading of tyres

191204

Shredded or granulated end-of-life tyres only

Granulating

3

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

a

the total quantity of waste stored or treated over any 7-day period does not exceed—

i

60 tonnes of truck tyres, or

ii

40 tonnes of any other tyres,

b

within the limits in paragraph (a), the total quantity stored together does not exceed 10 tonnes,

c

in relation to any relevant treatment operation that is granulating, the treatment is carried on indoors, and

d

in relation to any relevant treatment operation that is re-treading, the treatment is for the purposes of re-using the waste.

4

In this paragraph, “associated prior treatment” means cleaning tyres and separating rims from them prior to treatment.