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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-waste-management-licensing-scotland-regulations-2011/schedule-1/paragraph-12",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2011/9780111012147",
  "legislation_title": "The Waste Management Licensing (Scotland) Regulations 2011",
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  "text": "(1) Subject to sub paragraph (3)—\n(a) composting biodegradable waste of a type listed in Table 6, other than for the purpose of cultivating mushrooms;\n(b) chipping, shredding, cutting, pulverising, screening or storing such waste for the purpose of composting at the place where the composting activity is, or is to be, carried out; and\n(c) screening any such waste which has been composted.\nTable 6\nCodes\nTypes of waste\n(1)Codes referred to in the European Waste Catalogue.\n(2)Wastes containing dangerous substances are not included.\n(3)The wastes listed do not include all of the wastes specified in the European Waste Catalogue under the code referred to.\nWastes from agriculture, horticulture, aquaculture, forestry, hunting and fishing (02 01)\n02 01 03\nPlant-tissue waste\n02 01 06\nAnimal faeces, urine and manure (including spoiled straw)\n02 01 07\nWastes from forestry\n02 01 99\nStraw, wood or paper – based bedding waste, slurry or dirty water from stables, zoos, animal parks or livestock markets\nWastes from fruit, vegetables, cereals, edible oils, cocoa, coffee, tea and tobacco preparation and processing; conserve production; yeast and yeast extract production, molasses preparation and fermentation (02 03)\n02 03 01\nSludges from washing, cleaning, peeling, centrifuging and separation\nWastes from wood processing and the production of panels and furniture (03 01)\n03 01 01\nWaste bark and cork\n03 01 05\nSawdust, shavings, cuttings, wood\nWastes from pulp, paper and cardboard production and processing (03 03)\n03 03 01\nWaste bark and wood\nWastes from the textile industry (04 02)\n04 02 10\nOrganic matter from natural products (e.g. grease, wax)\nPackaging (including separately collected municipal packaging waste) (15 01)\n15 01 01\nPaper and cardboard packaging\n15 01 03\nWooden packaging\n15 01 09\nTextile packaging\nWastes from aerobic treatment of solid wastes (19 05)\n19 05 03\nOff-specification compost consisting only of biodegradable waste\nSeparately collected fractions of municipal wastes (household waste and similar commercial, industrial and institutional wastes) (20 01)\n20 01 01\nPaper and cardboard\n20 01 08\nBiodegradable kitchen and canteen waste\n20 01 10\nClothes\n20 01 11\nTextiles\nGarden and park waste (including cemetery waste) (20 02)\n20 02 01\nBiodegradable waste\nOther municipal wastes (20 03)\n20 03 02\nBotanical waste from markets\n(2) Composting any of the wastes listed in the first column of Table 6 for the purpose of cultivating mushrooms at the place where the waste is produced or where the compost is to be used, or at any other place occupied by the person producing the waste or using the compost, where the quantity of waste being composted at any one time does not exceed 2,500 tonnes.\n(3) The total quantity of waste treated and stored under sub-paragraph (1) at any time shall not exceed, in relation to the composting activities referred to in the second column of Table 7, the quantity shown in the third column of that Table.\nTable 7\nCode and type of waste (as referred to in Table 6)\nComposting activity\nMaximum total quantity (including storage and treatment)\n(1)Codes referred to in the European Waste Catalogue.\n(2)Containment in this context means composting in a vessel, in a sealed building or by some other process equally effective to produce a wholly contained and controlled environment.\nPlant tissue waste 02 01 03\nOpen air windrow composting without containment and without any impermeable pavement or sealed drainage\n400 tonnes\nWastes from forestry 02 01 07\nWaste bark and cork 03 01 01\nBiodegradable waste from gardens and park wastes (including cemetery waste 20 02 01)\nAll above wastes namely 02 01 03, 02 01 07, 03 01 01, 20 02 01 plus 02 01 06, 15 01 01, 15 01 09, 20 01 10 and 20 01 11\nOpen air windrow composting without containment on an impermeable pavement with sealed drainage\n400 tonnes\nAny type of waste referred to in Table 6\nComposting with containment of waste\n400 tonnes\nPlant tissue waste 02 01 03\nOpen air windrow composting by a farm business of wastes arising within that business as defined for the purposes of the Integrated Administration and Control System for farm support without containment and without any impermeable pavement or sealed drainage\n1,000 tonnes\nWastes from forestry 02 01 07\nWaste bark and cork 03 01 01\nBiodegradable waste from gardens and park wastes (including cemetery waste) 20 02 01\nAll above wastes namely 02 01 03, 02 01 07, 03 01 01, 20 02 01 plus 02 01 06, 15 01 01, 15 01 09, 20 01 10 and 20 01 11\nOpen air composting by a farm business of wastes arising within that business as defined for the purposes of the Integrated Administration and Control System for farm support without containment on an impermeable pavement with sealed drainage\n1,000 tonnes\nAny type of waste referred to in Table 6\nComposting by a farm business of wastes arising within that business as defined for the purposes of the Integrated Administration and Control System for farm support with containment of waste\n1,000 tonnes\nBiodegradable kitchen and canteen waste 20 01 08\nComposting in compliance with regulation 15 of the Animal By-Products (Scotland) Regulations 2003\n400 tonnes\n(4) The secure storage of biodegradable waste which is to be composted in reliance upon the exemption conferred by sub paragraph (1) at a place other than the place where such composting is or is to be carried out where—\n(a) the waste is stored for a period not exceeding 48 hours and is to be taken directly from the storage site to that place;\n(b) such storage is part of a scheme for the collection of waste from groups of premises; and\n(c) the total quantity of waste so stored does not exceed 10 tonnes.\n(5) For the purposes of this paragraph—\n(a) “composting” means the autothermic and thermophilic biological decomposition and stabilisation of biodegradable waste under controlled aerobic conditions that result in a stable sanitised material that can be applied to land for the benefit of agriculture, horticulture or ecological improvement; and\n(b) the reference to “treated” waste includes waste which is undergoing maturation;\n(c) “The Integrated Administration and Control System for farm support” has the meaning given by paragraph 7(7).",
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      "text": "(1)Codes referred to in the European Waste Catalogue."
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      "text": "(3)The wastes listed do not include all of the wastes specified in the European Waste Catalogue under the code referred to."
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      "text": "(2)Wastes containing dangerous substances are not included."
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      "text": "(1)Codes referred to in the European Waste Catalogue."
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      "text": "(2)Containment in this context means composting in a vessel, in a sealed building or by some other process equally effective to produce a wholly contained and controlled environment."
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