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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.
The U12 exemption allows landscapers, farmers and growers to spread mulch as a protective covering onto land around trees, bushes or plants.
The T16 exemption allows you to treat waste toner or ink cartridges by sorting, cleaning, dismantling or refilling them.
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 D5 exemption allows you to deposit and store waste samples when required to comply with or enforce specified regulations, or before testing and analysis for research.
The T15 exemption allows you to treat aerosol cans by puncturing or crushing them using specialist treatment equipment, so the metal can be recovered.
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 T14 exemption allows you to recover oil from oil filters before they're crushed so they can be transported for recovery.
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 U16 exemption allows you to reuse the parts from depolluted end-of-life vehicles in other vehicles.
Spreading slurry and milk on agricultural land: Environment Agency advice in exceptional circumstances such as extreme weather.
The T17 exemption allows you to treat waste fluorescent tubes and capture any mercury emissions before collection for recovery.
The U6 exemption allows you to import sludge from one waste water treatment plant to another to reseed the biological process.
This position explains what we mean by “place” under the waste exemption system for farms, the storage of sewage sludge and linear networks.
Information for farmers about inspections the Environment Agency carries out to prevent and control pollution, and check permits and licence conditions.
The U15 exemption allows you to mix ash from burning pig or poultry with slurry and/or manure, and spread it on farmland to provide the soil with nutrients.
The U3 exemption allows groups such as schools, colleges and theatres to use waste, such as offcuts of wood, for creative installations.
The D2 exemption allows older rolling stock not fitted with appropriate collection facilities to deposit sanitary waste onto the track.
The T2 exemption allows you to clean waste clothes and textiles to recover them for reuse or recycling.
The T31 exemption allows airports to filter and distill waste aircraft antifreeze fluid to recover monopropylene glycol.
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