# The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007, Paragraph 11: Preparatory treatments of certain waste


(1) Carrying on, at any place, an operation specified in column 2 of the Table in sub-paragraph (2) relating to a corresponding kind of waste listed in column 1 of that Table where—
(a) the operation is carried on with a view to the recovery or reuse of the waste, whether or not by the person carrying it on; and
(b) the total quantity of any particular kind of waste dealt with at that place does not in any period of 7 days exceed the corresponding limit specified in column 3 of that Table.
(2) The Table referred to in sub-paragraph (1) is set out below.
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Kind of waste
Operations
Limit (tonnes per week)
Waste paper or cardboard
Baling, sorting or shredding
3,000
Waste textiles
Baling, sorting or shredding
100
Waste plastic
Baling, sorting, shredding, densifying or washing
100
Waste glass
Sorting, crushing or washing
1,000
Waste steel cans, aluminium cans or aluminium foil
Sorting, crushing, pulverising, shredding, compacting or baling
100
Waste food or drink cartons
Sorting, crushing, pulverising, shredding, compacting or baling
100

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2007/9780110788760/schedule/3/paragraph/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2007/schedule-3/paragraph-11
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