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U8 exemption allows you to recycle waste that does not need treating before being used. This helps reduce the use of virgin materials.
Use this form to register a T11 WEEE (waste electrical and electronic equipment) exemption.
The T11 exemption allows you to repair, refurbish or dismantle various types of WEEE so that the whole WEEE item or any parts can be reused for their original purpose or recovered.
T9 exemption allows you to treat scrap metal for handling or recovery by sorting, grading, shearing by manual feed, baling, crushing or cutting with handheld equipment.
U10 exemption allows you to spread specific waste on agricultural land to replace manufactured fertilisers or virgin materials (such as lime) to improve or maintain soil.
Register and pay for exemptions to store, treat, use or dispose of waste. Deregister exemptions you no longer need and update details that have changed.
T2 exemption allows you to clean waste clothes and textiles to recover them for reuse or recycling.
T5 exemption allows you to temporarily treat waste on a small scale to produce aggregate or soil at a particular location, such as a construction or demolition site.
List of waste exemptions for storing, treating, using and disposing of waste. The guides include exemption conditions. There's a charge for most waste exemptions.
T4 exemption allows you to treat waste to reduce its volume for transport to another site for reuse, recycling or to make handling easier.
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