# The Waste Management Licensing (Scotland) Regulations 2011, Paragraph 51


(1) The anaerobic digestion of biodegradable waste which is agricultural waste or waste from a distillery.
(2) In this paragraph, “anaerobic digestion” means the process of controlled decomposition of waste under managed conditions—
(a) where free oxygen is absent;
(b) at temperatures suitable for naturally occurring mesophilic or thermophilic anaerobe and facultative anaerobe bacteria species; and
(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: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2011/9780111012147/schedule/1/paragraph/51 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-waste-management-licensing-scotland-regulations-2011/schedule-1/paragraph-51
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