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Waste exemptions: disposing of waste

From:
Environment Agency
Part of:
Waste and recycling, Environmental permits, and Waste
Published:
28 April 2014

Read through the list of disposing of waste exemptions to see if there is one available for your waste operation. You need to comply with the limits and condition set out.

A waste exemption is a waste operation that is exempt from needing an environmental permit. Each exemption has specific limits and conditions you need to operate within.

If you want to operate under a waste exemption you must register that exemption with the Environment Agency. If you don’t, you will not be exempt from needing a permit.

Each registration lasts 3 years. The registration will then expire unless you re-register the exemptions you want to continue to use.

Registering an exemption does not remove the need to apply for other permits or permissions. For example, you may need planning permission for your waste operation, or a water discharge permit. Find out more about environmental permits.

Disposing of waste exemptions

  1. Waste exemption: D1 depositing waste from dredging inland waters

    • Guidance

  2. Waste exemption: D2 depositing waste from a railway sanitary convenience

    • Guidance

  3. Waste exemption: D3 depositing waste from a portable sanitary convenience

    • Guidance

  4. Waste exemption: D4 depositing agricultural waste consisting of plant tissue under a Plant Health Notice

    • Guidance

  5. Waste exemption: D5 depositing waste samples for testing or analysis

    • Guidance

  6. Waste exemption: D6 disposal by incineration

    • Guidance

  7. Waste exemption: D7 burning waste in the open

    • Guidance

  8. Waste exemption: D8 burning waste at a port under a Plant Health Notice

    • Guidance
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Published: 28 April 2014

From: Environment Agency

Part of: Waste and recycling Environmental permits Waste