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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-management-licensing-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-15",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2003/493",
  "legislation_title": "The Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-management-licensing-regulations-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/15",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Subject to the conditions specified in sub-paragraph (4), the manufacture of finished goods from waste of a type identified by the six-digit EWC Code in Column 1 of Table 7 and referred to by the corresponding waste description in Column 2 of that Table.\n(2) The storage of waste of a type identified by the six-digit EWC Code in Column 1 of Table 7 and referred to by the corresponding waste description in Column 2 of that Table intended to be used in reliance upon the exemption conferred by sub-paragraph (1).\n(3) For the purposes of this paragraph, “finished goods” means goods that are ready for use by an end consumer without any further processing.\n(4) The specified conditions are that—\n(a) the combined total volume of all wastes on site at any one time does not exceed 100m3 (whether before, during or after processing);\n(b) the waste arrives at the place where the manufacturing is carried on unmixed with any other type of waste;\n(c) prior to manufacturing, each type of waste is stored separately;\n(d) the waste is stored at the place of manufacture;\n(e) no waste is stored for longer than 12 months;\n(f) the site has, and is operated in accordance with, planning permission, where such permission is required; and\n(g) the activity complies with the additional specified conditions listed in Column 3 of Table 7.\nTable 7\nSix-digit EWC code\nWaste description\nAdditional specified conditions\nMetal\n02 01 wastes from agriculture, horticulture, aquaculture, forestry, hunting and fishing\n02 01 10\nwaste metal\n12 01 wastes from shaping and physical and mechanical surface treatment of metals and plastics\n12 01 01\nferrous metal filings and turnings\n12 01 02\nferrous metal dust and particles\n12 01 03\nnon-ferrous metal filings and turnings\n12 01 04\nnon-ferrous metal dust and particles\n15 01 packaging (including separately collected municipal packaging waste)\n15 01 04\nmetallic packaging\n16 01 end-of-life vehicles from different means of transport (including off-road machinery) and wastes from dismantling of end-of-life vehicles and vehicle maintenance (except 13, 14, 16 06 and 16 08)\n16 01 17\nferrous metal\n16 01 18\nnon-ferrous metal\n17 04 metals (including their alloys)\n17 04 01\ncopper, bronze, brass\n17 04 02\naluminium\n17 04 03\nlead\n17 04 04\nzinc\n17 04 05\niron and steel\n17 04 06\ntin\n17 04 07\nmixed metals\n17 04 11\ncables other than those mentioned in 17 04 10\n19 01 wastes from incineration or pyrolysis of waste\n19 01 02\nferrous materials removed from bottom ash\n19 10 wastes from shredding of metal-containing wastes\n19 10 01\niron and steel waste\n19 10 02\nnon-ferrous waste\n19 12 wastes from the mechanical treatment of waste (for example sorting, crushing, compacting, pelletising) not otherwise specified\n19 12 02\nferrous metal\n19 12 03\nnon-ferrous metal\n20 01 separately collected fractions (except 15 01)\n20 01 40\nmetals\nPlastics\n02 01 wastes from agriculture, horticulture, aquaculture, forestry, hunting and fishing\n02 01 04\nwaste plastics (except packaging)\n07 02 wastes from the MFSU of plastics, synthetic rubber and man-made fibres\n07 02 13\nwaste plastic\n12 01 wastes from shaping and physical and mechanical surface treatment of metals and plastics\n12 01 05\nplastics shavings and turnings\n15 01 packaging (including separately collected municipal packaging waste)\n15 01 02\nplastic packaging\n16 01 end-of-life vehicles from different means of transport (including off-road machinery) and wastes from dismantling of end-of-life vehicles and vehicle maintenance (except 13, 14, 16 06 and 16 08)\n16 01 19\nplastic\n17 02 wood, glass and plastic\n17 02 03\nplastic\n19 12 wastes from the mechanical treatment of waste (for example sorting, crushing, compacting, pelletising) not otherwise specified\n19 12 04\nplastic and rubber\n20 01 separately collected fractions (except 15 01)\n20 01 39\nplastics\nGlass\n10 11 wastes from manufacture of glass and glass products\n10 11 12\nwaste glass other than those mentioned in 10 11 11\n15 01 packaging (including separately collected municipal packaging waste)\n15 01 07\nglass packaging\n16 01 end-of-life vehicles from different means of transport (including off-road machinery) and wastes from dismantling of end-of-life vehicles and vehicle maintenance (except 13, 14, 16 06 and 16 08)\n16 01 20\nglass\n17 02 wood, glass and plastic\n17 02 02\nglass\n19 12 wastes from the mechanical treatment of waste (for example sorting, crushing, compacting, pelletising) not otherwise specified\n19 12 05\nglass\n20 01 separately collected fractions (except 15 01)\n20 01 02\nglass\nCeramics\n10 12 wastes from manufacture of ceramic goods, bricks, tiles and construction products\n10 12 08\nwaste ceramics, bricks, tiles and construction products (after thermal processing)\n17 01 concrete, bricks, tiles and ceramics\n17 01 03\ntiles and ceramics\n17 01 07\nmixtures of concrete, bricks, tiles and ceramics other than those mentioned in 17 01 06\nRubber\n19 12 wastes from the mechanical treatment of waste (for example sorting, crushing, compacting, pelletising) not otherwise specified\n19 12 04\nplastic and rubber\nTextiles\n15 01 packaging (including separately collected municipal packaging waste)\n15 01 09\ntextile packaging\n19 12 wastes from the mechanical treatment of waste (for example sorting, crushing, compacting, pelletising) not otherwise specified\n19 12 08\ntextiles\n20 01 separately collected fractions (except 15 01)\n20 01 10\nclothes\n20 01 11\ntextiles\nWood\n03 01 wastes from wood processing and the production of panels and furniture\n03 01 05\nsawdust, shavings, cuttings, wood, particle board and veneer other than those mentioned in 03 01 04\n15 01 packaging (including separately collected municipal packaging waste)\n15 01 03\nwooden packaging\n17 02 wood, glass and plastic\n17 02 01\nwood\n19 12 wastes from the mechanical treatment of waste (for example sorting, crushing, compacting, pelletising) not otherwise specified\n19 12 07\nwood other than that mentioned in 19 12 06\n20 01 separately collected fractions (except 15 01)\n20 01 38\nwood other than that mentioned in 20 01 37\nPaper and cardboard\nThe waste is stored in an enclosed building or container\n03 03 wastes from pulp, paper and cardboard production and processing\n03 03 07\nmechanically separated rejects from pulping of waste paper and cardboard\n03 03 08\nwastes from sorting of paper and cardboard destined for recycling\n15 01 packaging (including separately collected municipal packaging waste)\n15 01 01\npaper and cardboard packaging\n19 12 wastes from the mechanical treatment of waste (for example sorting, crushing, compacting, pelletising) not otherwise specified\n19 12 01\npaper and cardboard\n20 01 separately collected fractions (except 15 01)\n20 01 01\npaper and cardboard",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 15 substituted (5.9.2016) by The Waste Management Licensing (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/96), regs. 1, 3(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/493/schedule/2/paragraph/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:00:19.401279+00:00"
  },
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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