# The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010, Paragraph 8: Use of waste for a specified purpose (U8)


(1) The use of relevant waste for a specified purpose.
(2) For the purposes of this paragraph—
(a) the table specifying relevant waste and the limits referred to in sub-paragraph (3)(a) and (b) is set out below;
(b) “specified purpose” is a purpose specified in the third column of the table.
Codes
Waste types
Specified purpose
Quantity limit (at any one time)
030105, 191207
Wood shavings, woodchip, oversized compost, sawdust only
Use in horse menages
1,000 tonnes
191204
Shredded or granulated rubber and end-of-life tyres only
Use in horse menages
1,000 tonnes
191201
Shredded paper and cardboard
Use as animal bedding
100 tonnes
030305, 030311
Paper pulp and paper sludge from paper recycling only
Use as animal bedding
100 tonnes
030105, 191207
Wood shavings, woodchip, oversized compost, sawdust only
Use as animal bedding
100 tonnes
160103
End-of-life tyres
Use as a weight on cover sheeting on agricultural premises or use as crash barriers
40 tonnes
150102
Geotextile bags (flexible intermediate bulk containers) only
Use as reinforcement in construction
100 bags
020202
Shellfish shells from which the soft tissue or flesh has been removed only
Use for ornamental purposes
50 tonnes
191205
Crushed glass only
Use for ornamental purposes
50 tonnes
200127*, 200128, 080111*, 080112
Paints (excluding specialist and industrial paints, wood preservatives, aerosol and spray paints, inks, adhesives and resins)
Use as paint
1,000 litres
190599
Compost produced for the purposes of growing mushrooms only
Use in growing mushrooms
1,000 tonnes
170102, 170904
Stones and bricks capable of being used in their existing state only
Use in construction of buildings, fencing, barriers, containment or similar above ground construction
100 tonnes
170201, 191207, 200138
Non-hazardous wood including telegraph poles and railway sleepers
Use in construction of buildings, fencing, barriers, containment or similar above ground construction
100 tonnes
110105*, 110107*, 190902, 190903, 190906
Aluminium hydroxide (A1OH) and ferric chloride (FeCl) and sludges/solutions from the treatment of water only
Use in treating waste water effluent and in water treating processes
50 cubic metres
100201, 100202, 170504, 191209
Blast furnace slag and stones only
Use as filter media at waste water treatment works
50,000 tonnes
(3) For the purposes of this paragraph, the specific conditions are that—
(a) the total amount of waste used or stored at any one time does not exceed the quantity limit specified in the fourth column;
(b) in relation to any relevant waste to which code 160103 applies (end-of-life tyres), within the quantity limit specified for that waste type, not more than 10 tonnes is stored together;
(c) the waste is not treated or required to be treated prior to use; and
(d) in relation to any relevant waste to which code 110105* (aluminium hydroxide),110107* (ferric chloride), 190902, 190903 or 190906 (sludges/solutions from the treatment of water) applies, the waste is stored—
(i) with secondary containment, and
(ii) in a location with sealed drainage.

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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/8 (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-8
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