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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-waste-management-licensing-scotland-regulations-2011/schedule-1/paragraph-51",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2011/9780111012147",
  "legislation_title": "The Waste Management Licensing (Scotland) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-waste-management-licensing-scotland-regulations-2011",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/51",
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  "number": "51",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The anaerobic digestion of biodegradable waste which is agricultural waste or waste from a distillery.\n(2) In this paragraph, “anaerobic digestion” means the process of controlled decomposition of waste under managed conditions—\n(a) where free oxygen is absent;\n(b) at temperatures suitable for naturally occurring mesophilic or thermophilic anaerobe and facultative anaerobe bacteria species; and\n(c) where the inputs to the process are converted to a methane rich biogas for use in an energy recovery process and to a stable sanitised material, the application of which material to land results in benefit to agriculture or horticulture or ecological improvement.",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2011/9780111012147/schedule/1/paragraph/51",
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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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