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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016/schedule-3/part-1/chapter-2/crossheading-descriptions-and-specific-conditions/paragraph-8",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2016/9780111150184",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016",
  "path": "schedule/3/part/1/chapter/2/crossheading/descriptions-and-specific-conditions/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Use of waste for a specified purpose (U8)",
  "text": "(1) The use of relevant waste for a specified purpose.\n(2) For the purposes of this paragraph—\n(a) the table specifying relevant waste and the limits referred to in sub-paragraph (3)(a) and (b) is set out below;\n(b) “specified purpose” is a purpose specified in the third column of the table.\nCodes\nWaste types\nSpecified purpose\nQuantity limit (at any one time)\n030105, 191207\nUntreated wood (including shavings, woodchip and sawdust) and over-sized compost only\nUse in equestrian exercise surfaces\n1,000 tonnes\n191204\nShredded or granulated rubber and end-of-life tyres only\nUse in equestrian exercise surfaces\n1,000 tonnes\n191201\nShredded paper and cardboard\nUse as animal bedding\n100 tonnes\n030305, 030310, 030311\nPaper fibre, de-inked paper pulp and de-inked paper sludge from paper manufacturing only\nUse as animal bedding\n100 tonnes\n030105, 191207\nUntreated wood (including shavings, woodchip and sawdust) and over-sized compost only\nUse as animal bedding\n100 tonnes\n160103\nEnd-of-life tyres\nUse as a weight on cover sheeting on agricultural premises or use as crash barriers\n40 tonnes\n150102\nGeotextile bags (flexible intermediate bulk containers) only\nUse as reinforcement in construction\n100 bags\n020202\nShellfish shells from which the soft tissue or flesh has been removed only\nUse for ornamental purposes\n50 tonnes\n191205\nCrushed glass only\nUse for ornamental purposes\n50 tonnes\n200127*, 200128, 080111*, 080112\nPaints (excluding specialist and industrial paints, wood preservatives, aerosol and spray paints, inks, adhesives and resins)\nUse as paint\n1,000 litres\n190599\nCompost produced for the purposes of growing mushrooms only\nUse in growing mushrooms\n1,000 tonnes\n170102, 170904\nStones and bricks capable of being used in their existing state only\nUse in construction of buildings, fencing, barriers, containment or similar above ground construction\n100 tonnes\n170201, 191207, 200138\nNon-hazardous wood including telegraph poles and railway sleepers and lock gates and associated balance beams\nUse in construction of buildings, fencing, barriers, containment or similar above ground construction\n100 tonnes\n110105*, 110107*\nFerric chloride and aluminium hydroxide only\nUse in treating municipal waste water effluent\n50 cubic metres\n110105*, 110107*\nFerric chloride and aluminium hydroxide only\nUse in potable water treatment processes\n50 cubic metres\n190902, 190903, 190906\nSludges/solutions from the treatment of water only\nUse in treating municipal waste water effluent\n50 cubic metres\n100201, 100202, 170504, 191209\nBlast furnace slag and stones only\nUse as filter media at waste water treatment works\n50,000 tonnes\n170204*, 191206*, 200137*\nHazardous wooden telegraph poles and railway sleepers and lock gates and associated balance beams only\nUse in construction of buildings, fencing, barriers, containment or similar above ground construction\n100 tonnes\n(3) For the purposes of this paragraph, the specific conditions are that—\n(a) the total amount of waste used or stored at any one time does not exceed the quantity limit specified in the fourth column,\n(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,\n(c) the waste is not treated or required to be treated prior to use,\n(d) in relation to any relevant waste to which code 110105* (ferric chloride), 110107* (aluminium hydroxide), 190902, 190903, 190906 (sludges/solutions from the treatment of water) applies, the waste is stored—\n(i) with secondary containment, and\n(ii) in a location with sealed drainage, and\n(e) in relation to any relevant waste to which code 110105* (ferric chloride), 110107* (aluminium hydroxide) applies, within the quantity limit specified for that waste type, not more than 10 tonnes of waste may be used per day.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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