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

Recovery of scrap metal (T9)9

1

The recovery of scrap metal consisting of relevant waste by—

a

sorting, grading, shearing by manual feed, baling or crushing it, or

b

cutting it with hand-held equipment.

2

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

Codes

Waste types

020110

Waste metal

150104

Metallic packaging

160117, 191202

Ferrous metal

160118, 191203

Non-ferrous metal

170401

Copper, bronze, brass

170402

Aluminium

170403

Lead

170404

Zinc

170405

Iron and steel

170406

Tin

170407

Mixed metals

170411

Cables other than those mentioned in 170410

200140

Metals

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 1,000 tonnes,

b

within the limit in paragraph (a), the total quantity of any cables stored or treated does not exceed 50 tonnes,

c

no waste is stored for longer than 24 months,

d

the recovery is carried on at a location with sealed drainage, and

e

the height of any pile or stack of waste does not exceed 5 metres.