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Paragraph 17

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(1)

The storage in a secure place on any premises of waste of a kind described in Table 4 below if—

(a)

the total quantity of that kind of waste stored on those premises at any time does not exceed the quantity specified in that Table;

(b)

the waste is to be reused, or used for the purposes of—

(i)

an activity described in paragraph 11; or

(ii)

any other recovery operation;

(c)

each kind of waste listed in the Table stored on the premises is kept separately; and

(d)

no waste is stored on the premises for longer than twelve months.

Table 4

Kind of wasteMaximum total quantity
Waste paper or cardboard15,000 tonnes
Waste textiles1,000 tonnes
Waste plastics500 tonnes
Waste glass5,000 tonnes
Waste steel cans, aluminium cans or aluminium foil500 tonnes
Waste food or drink cartons500 tonnes
Waste articles which are to be used for construction work which are capable of being so used in their existing state100 tonnes
Solvents (including solvents which are special waste)5 cubic metres
Refrigerants and halons (including refrigerants and halons which are special waste)18 tonnes
Tyres1,000 tyres
(2)

In this paragraph, “refrigerants” means dichlorodifluoromethane, chlorotrifluoromethane, dichlorotetrafluoroethane, chloropentafluoroethane, bromotrifluoromethane, chlorodifluoromethane, chlorotetrafluoroethane, trifluoromethane, difluoromethane, pentafluoroethane, tetrafluoroethane, chlorodifluoroethane, difluoroethane, trichlorofluoromethane, trichlorotrifluoroethane, dichlorotrifluoroethane, dichlorofluoroethane and mixtures containing any of those substances.