{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016/schedule-3/paragraph-32",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016/schedule-3/paragraph-32.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/1154",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/32",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "32",
  "heading": "Treatment of waste in a biobed or biofilter (T32)",
  "text": "(1) The treatment of relevant waste in a lined biobed or above ground biofilter.\n(2) The table specifying relevant waste for the purposes of this paragraph is set out below.\nCodes\nWaste types\n020109, 160509\nNon-hazardous pesticide washings only\n(3) For the purposes of this paragraph, the specific conditions are that—\n(a) the total quantity of waste treated or stored over any 12-month period does not exceed 15,000 litres,\n(b) the biobed or biofilter is located at a secure place that is—\n(i) at least 10 metres from a watercourse;\n(ii) at least 50 metres from a spring or well or from any borehole not used to supply water for domestic or food production purposes;\n(iii) at least 250 metres from any borehole used to supply water for domestic or food production purposes;\n(iv) not within a zone defined by a 50-day travel time for groundwater to reach a groundwater abstraction that is used to supply water for domestic or food production purposes,\n(c) the biobed or biofilter—\n(i) is designed and maintained for the treatment operation;\n(ii) has an impermeable lining, and\n(d) the treatment is carried on at the place of production.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/873",
      "affecting_title": "The Environmental Permitting (Waste Controlling or Transporting) and Relevant Functions of Primary Authorities (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1154/schedule/3/paragraph/32",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:41:31.926820+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."
}