OpenLegislation

Paragraph 26 Treatment of kitchen waste in a wormery (T26)

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

(1)

The treatment in a wormery of relevant waste originating from a kitchen.

(2)

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

Codes

Waste types

200101Paper and cardboard
200108Biodegradable kitchen and canteen waste
(3)

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

(a)

the total quantity of waste treated over any 12-month period does not exceed 6 tonnes; and

(b)

the treatment results in a stable sanitised vermicompost that can be applied to land for the benefit of agriculture or to improve the soil structure or nutrients in land.