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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-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016/schedule-3/part-1/chapter-3/crossheading-descriptions-and-specific-conditions/paragraph-9.json",
  "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/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Recovery of scrap metal (T9)",
  "text": "(1) The recovery of scrap metal consisting of relevant waste by—\n(a) sorting, grading, shearing by manual feed, baling or crushing it, or\n(b) cutting it with hand-held equipment.\n(2) The table specifying relevant waste for the purposes of this paragraph is set out below.\nCodes\nWaste types\n020110\nWaste metal\n150104\nMetallic packaging\n160117, 191202\nFerrous metal\n160118, 191203\nNon-ferrous metal\n170401\nCopper, bronze, brass\n170402\nAluminium\n170403\nLead\n170404\nZinc\n170405\nIron and steel\n170406\nTin\n170407\nMixed metals\n170411\nCables other than those mentioned in 170410\n200140\nMetals\n(3) For the purposes of this paragraph, the specific conditions are that—\n(a) the total quantity of waste treated or stored at any one time does not exceed 1,000 tonnes,\n(b) within the limit in paragraph (a), the total quantity of any cables stored or treated does not exceed 50 tonnes,\n(c) no waste is stored for longer than 24 months,\n(d) the recovery is carried on at a location with sealed drainage, and\n(e) the height of any pile or stack of waste does not exceed 5 metres.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111150184/schedule/3/part/1/chapter/3/crossheading/descriptions-and-specific-conditions/paragraph/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:07:48.139767+00:00"
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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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