# The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016, Paragraph 12: Manual treatment of waste (T12)


(1) The manual treatment of relevant waste by a relevant treatment operation.
(2) The table below specifies—
(a) relevant waste for the purposes of this paragraph and relevant treatment operations,
(b) the quantity limits referred to in sub-paragraph (3)(a), and
(c) the additional specific conditions referred to in sub-paragraph (3)(c).
Codes
Waste types
Relevant treatment operation
Quantity limits (at any one time)
Additional specific conditions
200199
Bicycles only
Sorting, repairing or refurbishing
100 tonnes
A
200110, 200111
Clothing, fabrics, carpets only
Sorting, repairing or refurbishing
100 tonnes
A
200138, 200139, 200140
Coat hangers only
Sorting and dismantling
100 tonnes
B
200140
Domestic pots and pans only
Sorting and dismantling
100 tonnes
200199
Footwear only
Sorting, repairing or refurbishing
100 tonnes
A
200307
Furniture only
Sorting, repairing or refurbishing
100 tonnes
A
200138, 200139, 200140
Garden tools only
Sorting, repairing or refurbishing
100 tonnes
A
200138, 200139, 200140
Lock gates only
Sorting and dismantling
100 tonnes
200307
Mattresses only
Sorting and dismantling
5 tonnes
B, C
170102, 170201, 170904, 200138
Stone, bricks, wood only
Sorting, repairing or refurbishing
500 tonnes
A
200137*, 200138, 200140
Telegraph poles only
Sorting and dismantling
100 tonnes
B
170201, 170202, 170203, 200102, 200138, 200139, 200140
Windows, doors only
Sorting, repairing or refurbishing
100 tonnes
A
170201, 170202, 170203, 200102, 200138, 200139, 200140
Windows, doors only
Sorting and dismantling
10 tonnes
B
150103
Wooden pallets only
Sorting, repairing or refurbishing
100 tonnes
A
150103
Wooden pallets only
Sorting and dismantling
100 tonnes
B
(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 the limit specified in the fourth column of the table in sub-paragraph (2),
(b) subject to additional specific condition B in paragraph (c), where it applies, no waste is stored for longer than 2 years, and
(c) the operation complies with such of the following additional specific conditions as is specified in the fifth column of the table—
A
the operation is for the purposes of reusing the waste;
B
no waste is stored for longer than 12 months;
C
treatment and storage are carried on indoors.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111150184/schedule/3/part/1/chapter/3/crossheading/descriptions-and-specific-conditions/paragraph/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016/schedule-3/part-1/chapter-3/crossheading-descriptions-and-specific-conditions/paragraph-12
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