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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016/schedule-3/part-1/chapter-3/crossheading-descriptions-and-specific-conditions/paragraph-4",
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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/3/crossheading/descriptions-and-specific-conditions/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Preparatory treatments (baling, sorting, shredding etc.) (T4)",
  "text": "(1) The treatment of relevant waste by baling, sorting, shredding, pulverising, densifying, crushing or compacting it.\n(2) The table specifying relevant waste for the purposes of this paragraph and the quantity limits referred to in sub-paragraph (3) is set out below.\nCodes\nWaste types\nTreatment limit (over 7 days)\nStorage limit (at any one time)\n150104, 200140\nCans and foils only\n100 tonnes where treatment is carried on outdoors\n500 tonnes\n500 tonnes where treatment is carried on indoors\n070213, 150102, 150105\nFood and drink cartons only\n100 tonnes where treatment is carried on outdoors\n500 tonnes\n3,000 tonnes where treatment is carried on indoors\n150107, 160120, 170202, 191205, 200102\nGlass\n5,000 tonnes\n5,000 tonnes\n030308, 030307, 150101, 191201, 200101\nPaper and cardboard (excluding food and drink cartons)\n500 tonnes where treatment is carried on outdoors\n15,000 tonnes\n3,000 tonnes where treatment is carried on indoors\n020104, 070213, 120105, 150102, 160119, 170203, 191204, 200139\nPlastic\n100 tonnes where treatment is carried on outdoors\n500 tonnes\n3000 tonnes where treatment is carried on indoors\n040222, 150109, 191208, 200110, 200111\nTextiles and clothes\n1,000 tonnes where treatment is carried on outdoors\n1,000 tonnes\n3,000 tonnes where treatment is carried on indoors\n(3) For the purposes of this paragraph, the specific conditions are that—\n(a) subject to paragraph (d), the total quantity of waste treated over any 7-day period does not exceed the limit specified in the third column of the table in sub-paragraph (2),\n(b) the total quantity of waste stored at any one time does not exceed the limit specified in the fourth column of the table,\n(c) no waste is stored for longer than 12 months,\n(d) where the treatment involves pulverising waste—\n(i) the total quantity of waste treated over any 7-day period does not exceed 5 tonnes;\n(ii) the treatment is carried on indoors,\n(e) where the treatment involves densifying waste, the treatment does not involve the application of heat,\n(f) the treatment and storage are carried on in a secure place,\n(g) the waste arrives at the place where the operation is carried on unmixed with any other type of waste,\n(h) the waste is treated and stored in an unmixed state, and\n(i) in relation to relevant waste to which any one of codes 030308, 030307, 150101, 191201, 200101 (paper and cardboard) applies—\n(i) the waste is stored in a baled form, in a container or indoors;\n(ii) within the storage limit specified in the fourth column of the table, up to 1,000 tonnes may be stored outdoors so long as it is stored in an enclosure designed and maintained to prevent the escape of litter.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111150184/schedule/3/part/1/chapter/3/crossheading/descriptions-and-specific-conditions/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:07:48.139767+00:00"
  },
  "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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