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The 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.
The U11 exemption allows you to spread waste on non-agricultural land to replace manufactured fertilisers or virgin materials (such as lime) to improve or maintain soil.
List of exemptions for using waste, for example as building material, fuel or fertiliser. You must comply with the specific rules of each exemption.
The U1 exemption allows you to use suitable waste in construction as a recovery activity.
The D1 exemption allows you to deposit dredging spoil on the banks of the water it was dredged from and treat it by screening and removing water.
The T32 exemption allows you to treat non-hazardous pesticide washings in a biobed or biofilter.
The U13 exemption allows you to spread cut plant material at the place of production for weed suppression or to provide nutrients to the soil.
The U4 exemption allows you to use waste plant material or untreated wood as fuel in a small appliance to produce heat or power.
The T26 exemption allows small-scale treatment of waste from kitchens using a wormery to produce compost, for use as fertiliser or soil conditioner.
The D4 exemption allows you to deposit diseased crops where they were grown when a Plant Health Notice has been issued, to reduce the risk of spreading plant diseases or pests.
The U12 exemption allows landscapers, farmers and growers to spread mulch as a protective covering onto land around trees, bushes or plants.
How to meet the requirements of using mobile plant for landspreading waste to provide agricultural benefit or ecological improvement.
This guide is for anyone who dredges inland waterways and wants to deposit the dredged waste on land. It does not apply to hydrodynamic dredging or waste disposal at sea.
The T23 exemption allows you to compost small volumes of vegetation, cardboard and food waste to spread on soil to add nutrients or improve the structure.
The T24 exemption allows farmers to anaerobically digest manure, slurry and vegetation on their farms to produce digestate for use as fertiliser or soil conditioner.
When your waste operation does not need a permit but you may need to register.
Spreading slurry and milk on agricultural land: Environment Agency advice in exceptional circumstances such as extreme weather.
The T25 exemption allows you to treat food and other biodegradable waste by anaerobic digestion to produce digestate for use as fertiliser, and burn the resulting biogas.
The D7 exemption allows you to burn plant tissue and untreated wood waste from joinery or manufacturing in the open air.
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