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Part 1 Exempt waste operations: descriptions

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  1. 1Interpretation
  2. 2Scrap metal furnaces
  3. 3Burning waste as a fuel
  4. 4Packaging or containers
  5. 5Burning waste as a fuel in small appliances
  6. 6Sludge on land
  7. 7Waste for the benefit of land
  8. 8Storage of sludge which is to be used in accordance with the 1989 Regulations
  9. 9Land reclamation or improvement
  10. 10Sewage and water treatment works
  11. 11Preparatory treatments of certain waste
  12. 12Composting waste
  13. 13Construction and soil materials
  14. 14Manufacturing finished goods
  15. 15Use of waste
  16. 16Biobeds
  17. 17Storage of waste in a secure place
  18. 18Waste in secure containers
  19. 19Waste for construction
  20. 20Recovery of textiles
  21. 21Preparatory treatments of waste plant matter
  22. 22Recovery of silver
  23. 23Recovery of waste consisting of animal by-products at a collection centre
  24. 24Crushing, grinding or size reduction of bricks, tiles or concrete
  25. 25Waterway dredging
  26. 26Recovery or disposal as part of the production process
  27. 27Baling, compacting, crushing, shredding or pulverising
  28. 28Spreading ash
  29. 29Disposal by burning at the place of production
  30. 30Burning waste in the open
  31. 31Waste from railway sanitary conveniences or sinks
  32. 32Waste from sanitary conveniences with removable receptacles
  33. 33Peatworking
  34. 34Railway ballast
  35. 35Waste from prospecting
  36. 36Spreading dredgings
  37. 37The deposit of agricultural waste consisting of plant tissue at the place of production
  38. 38Samples of waste
  39. 39Storage of medicines and medical, nursing or veterinary waste
  40. 40Repair or refurbishment of WEEE
  41. 41Secure storage of WEEE
  42. 42Crushing waste discharge lamps
  43. 43Glass Manufacture and Production
  44. 44Heating metals and metal alloys for the purpose of removing grease, oil or any other non-metallic contaminant
  45. 45Recovery of scrap metal or the dismantling of waste motor vehicles
  46. 46Burning plant tissue waste and wood at a dock
  47. 47Treating land by the spreading of agricultural waste
  48. 48Pet burial