# The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010, Paragraph 9: Recovery of scrap metal (T9)


(1) The recovery of scrap metal consisting of relevant waste by—
(a) sorting, grading, shearing by manual feed, baling or crushing it; or
(b) cutting it with hand-held equipment.
(2) The table specifying relevant waste for the purposes of this paragraph is set out below.
Codes
Waste types
020110
Waste metal
150104
Metallic packaging
160117, 191202
Ferrous metal
160118, 191203
Non ferrous metal
170401
Copper, bronze, brass
170402
Aluminium
170403
Lead
170404
Zinc
170405
Iron and steel
170406
Tin
170407
Mixed metals
170411
Cables other than those mentioned in 170410
200140
Metals
(3) For the purposes of this paragraph, the specific conditions are that—
(a) the total quantity of waste treated or stored at any one time does not exceed 1,000 tonnes;
(b) within the limit in paragraph (a), the total quantity of any cables stored or treated does not exceed 50 tonnes;
(c) no waste is stored for longer than 24 months;
(d) the recovery is carried on at a location with sealed drainage; and
(e) the height of any pile or stack of waste does not exceed 5 metres.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2010/9780111491423/schedule/3/part/1/chapter/3/crossheading/descriptions-and-specific-conditions/paragraph/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2010/schedule-3/part-1/chapter-3/crossheading-descriptions-and-specific-conditions/paragraph-9
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