Guidance

Incinerating straw, manure and litter from an animal disease outbreak: RPS 34

Published 12 November 2021

Applies to England

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Infected straw, manure and litter are hazardous wastes. The waste code is HP9 (infectious) 18 02 02* - wastes with special requirements for collection and disposal to prevent infection.

Normally, you can only move this waste under a waste consignment note from the Environment Agency and a licence from the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).

This regulatory position statement (RPS) is about incinerating or co-incinerating infected straw, manure and litter from an animal disease outbreak identified by APHA without adding waste code 18 02 02* to the permit conditions.

Conditions you must comply with

You must:

  • only incinerate straw, manure and litter identified by APHA as infected or potentially infected from an animal disease outbreak
  • only incinerate infected waste moved under a licence issued by APHA and a consignment note from the Environment Agency
  • submit a risk assessment to the Environment Agency that shows you have systems in place for receiving, storing and handling waste and feeding it into the incinerator, to prevent the release of infectious material
  • not exceed the emission limits in your permit
  • get agreement from the Environment Agency by email that you can incinerate or co-incinerate waste before you move it from the place it was produced

You must make sure your activities do not endanger human health or the environment. You must not:

  • cause a risk to water, air, soil, plants or animals
  • cause a nuisance through noise or odours
  • adversely affect the countryside or places of special interest

Enforcement

A RPS means that the Environment Agency will not normally take enforcement action against you if:

  • your activity meets the description set out in this RPS
  • you comply with the conditions set out in this RPS
  • your activity does not, and is not likely to, cause environmental pollution or harm human health

When to check back

This RPS will be reviewed by 28 October 2024. You will need to check back then to see if it still applies.

Contact the Environment Agency

General enquiries

National Customer Contact Centre
PO Box 544
Rotherham
S60 1BY

Email enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk

Telephone 03708 506 506

Telephone from outside the UK (Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm GMT) +44 (0) 114 282 5312

Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm.

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