The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016

Recovery of scrap metal (T9)E+W
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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.

CodesWaste types
020110Waste metal
150104Metallic packaging
160117, 191202Ferrous metal
160118, 191203Non-ferrous metal
170401Copper, bronze, brass
170402Aluminium
170403Lead
170404Zinc
170405Iron and steel
170406Tin
170407Mixed metals
170411Cables other than those mentioned in 170410
200140Metals

(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.