# The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010, Paragraph 4: Burning of waste as a fuel in a small appliance (U4)


(1) The burning of relevant waste as a fuel in an appliance if the requirements in sub-paragraph (4) are met.
(2) The table specifying relevant waste for the purposes of this paragraph is set out below.
Codes
Waste types
020103, 200201
Plant tissue waste only
020107, 170201
Untreated wood only
020304
Vegetable waste unsuitable for consumption or processing
030101
Waste bark and cork
030105
Untreated sawdust and wood shavings other than those mentioned in 030104 only
030301
Waste bark and wood
030310
Fibre rejects (fibrous vegetable waste from virgin pulp preparation or paper pulp production) only
150103
Untreated wooden packaging only
(3) For the purposes of this paragraph, the specific conditions are that—
(a) the total quantity of waste burned over any period of 1 hour is less than 50kg;
(b) the total quantity of waste stored at any one time does not exceed 10 tonnes; and
(c) the waste is stored in a secure place.
(4) The requirements in this sub-paragraph are that—
(a) the appliance has a net rated thermal input of less than 0.4 megawatts; and
(b) where it is used together with other appliances (whether or not it is operated simultaneously with such other appliances), the aggregate net rated thermal input of all the appliances is less than 0.4 megawatts.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2010/9780111491423/schedule/3/part/1/chapter/2/crossheading/descriptions-and-specific-conditions/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2010/schedule-3/part-1/chapter-2/crossheading-descriptions-and-specific-conditions/paragraph-4
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