Summary

Existing low risk waste positions, which are collected in an existing document, will be withdrawn on 20 November 2019. Ongoing low risk waste positions are presented below.

Unless covered by a new low risk waste position below a permit will be required for activities previously covered by low risk waste position:

• Industrial waste
  • Storing and treating solid waste wax: LRWP 5
  • Storing and treating flex fittings from waste carbon motor brushes impregnated with silver: LRWP 37
  • Storing and using waste carbon black from tyre manufacture to make aggregate blocks: LRWP 51
  • Storing and using waste perlite to make facia bricks: LRWP 52
  • Storing degreasing solvents: LRWP 65
• Wood and plant matter
  • Storing woodchip from untreated wood packaging and using it to make pellets: LRWP 17
  • Treating waste wood fibre to make animal bedding: LRWP 62
  • Burning waste as fuel in a small appliance: LRWP 64
• Tyres, rubber and plastic
  • Storing and cutting waste rubber conveyor belts for reuse: LRWP 2
  • Storing and treating rubber encased metal wire from the manufacture of new tyres for recovery: LRWP 18
  • Storing and treating redundant athletics tracks, rubber shock pads and waste AstroTurf for reuse: LRWP 35
  • Using waste tyres for fendering systems at quaysides: LRWP 53
  • Using waste tyres for planters: LRWP 56
• Transport, vehicles, vehicle parts and metal
  • Storing and dismantling waste caravans: LRWP 14
  • Storing and dismantling small boats and barges: LRWP 31
  • Storing end of life vehicles that will be used for training in educational establishments: LRWP 44
  • Storing and treating waste cable at existing T9 exempt operations: LRWP 49
  • Storing and treating agricultural trailers and petrol lawnmowers: LRWP 55
  • Storing and treating vehicle starter motors and alternators: LRWP 70
• Storage
  • Storing furnace bottom ash (FBA) at a dockside before export or after import: LWRP 27
  • Storing waste sheep dip before it's collected for treatment or disposal: LRWP 68
• Food from retailers and producers, including former foodstuffs
  • Storing and compacting waste coffee grounds to produce a briquette: LRWP 45
• Road sweepings
  • Storing and screening road sweeping waste from building sites: RPS 63
• Paint
  • Treating up to 5 tonnes a week of non-hazardous waste paint for reuse: LRWP 7
  • Washing water-based paint containers before they are reused or recovered: LRWP 30
• Effluent and sludge
  • Dewatering and cleaning grit washings from sewage treatment works: LRWP 3
  • Using final effluent from sewage treatment works to fill empty petrol tanks during construction and maintenance at petrol stations: LRWP 19
  • Washing used sand-based animal bedding for reuse and spreading the resultant wash waters on land: LRWP 21
• Construction, demolition and dredging waste, aggregates and soils
  • Storing waste plasterboard: LRWP 6
  • Reusing wash waters and treating cement and silt washings at construction sites: LRWP 16
  • Storing and using waste clay to make cob blocks: LRWP 32
  • Storing waste bitumen at depots for recovery elsewhere: LRWP 38
  • Recovery of wastewater containing soils from pipe-laying excavations: LRWP 46
• Furniture and household items
  • Treating waste carpet and carpet tiles for recovery: LRWP 8
  • Storing and recovering cropper dust and carpet shearings from carpet manufacture: LRWP 9
  • Storing waste carpet from the manufacturing sector: LRWP 10
  • Storing waste uPVC window frames: LRWP 41
  • Using shredded waste carpet in equestrian surfaces: LRWP 43
  • Storing and treating waste divan bed bases: LRWP 54
• Electrical equipment, including constituent parts and accessories
  • Storing and dismantling waste domestic gas meters: LRWP 11
  • Shredding computer hard drives: LRWP 20
  • Storing and treating waste domestic gas boilers: LRWP 40
  • Storing and treating scroll compressors from air conditioning and refrigeration units: LRWP 48
• Manure
  • Storing and using manure to make a wormery: LRWP 23
• Landspreading
  • Storing and spreading zoo manure to benefit land: LRWP 13
  • Spreading waste soil and stones from the construction of conservation ponds to benefit land: LRWP 22
  • Storing and spreading non-composted fraction from vermiculture to benefit land: LRWP 24
  • Spreading waste silt from watercress bed settlement ponds: LRWP 28
  • Storing and spreading hemp chaff to benefit land: LRWP 29
  • Storing and spreading gypsum waste to benefit land: LRWP 59
  • Storing and spreading biochar to benefit land: LRWP 61
• Animals and animal waste
  • Storing and recovering waste animal bedding from pet retail outlets: LRWP 25
  • Storing pet cremation ash at a veterinary practice before the owner collects it: LRWP 34
  • Storing and treating animal bedding from horse stables to make biomass pellets or briquettes: LRWP 36
  • Storing dead wild animals collected from highways and public areas: LRWP 39
  • Burning bee keeping waste after a disease or infection: LRWP 66
• Miscellaneous
  • Recovering silver from waste developing and fixing solutions: LRWP 1
  • Storing and bottling wash water from flushing bottling machines: LRWP 4
  • Storing and treating used gun cartridges: LRWP 12
  • Storing and bagging spent mushroom compost: LRWP 15
  • Storing and treating horticultural rockwool for reuse: LRWP 26
  • Storing and dismantling waste shop fittings: LRWP 42
  • Storing and draining domestic oil storage tanks and their residues: LRWP 47
  • Storing and treating waste plastic by cleaning, washing, spraying or coating: LRWP 50
  • Storing and treating used electrical insulating oil for reuse: LRWP 57
  • Burning landfill gas in a small appliance: LRWP 58
  • Storing and treating waste to make biochar: LRWP 60
  • Repairing, refurbishing and cleaning intermediate bulk containers (IBCs) formally used in the food industry: LRWP 67
  • Storing empty lubricating oil containers for recovery: LRWP 69

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