@gotrash/uk-waste-exemptions/waste-exemptions.json

UK Waste Exemptions in JSON format.

{
  "USAGE": [
    {
      "ref": "u1",
      "description": "Use of waste for construction",
      "previousExemptions": [
        {
          "ref": 9,
          "description": "Land reclamation or improvement"
        },
        {
          "ref": 10,
          "description": "Waste for construction"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ref": "u2",
      "description": "Use of baled tyres in construction"
    },
    {
      "ref": "u3",
      "description": "Use of construction waste for exhibits etc",
      "previousExemptions": [
        {
          "ref": 19,
          "description": "Waste for construction"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ref": "u4",
      "description": "Burning of waste as a fuel in a small plant",
      "previousExemptions": [
        {
          "ref": 5,
          "description": "Burning waste as a fuel in an exempt appliance"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ref": "u5",
      "description": "Use of biodiesel derived from waste"
    },
    {
      "ref": "u6",
      "description": "Use of sludge for the purposes of re-seeding a waste water treatment plant"
    },
    {
      "ref": "u7",
      "description": "Use of effluent to clean a highway gravel bed"
    },
    {
      "ref": "u8",
      "description": "Use of waste for a specified purpose",
      "previousExemptions": [
        {
          "ref": 15,
          "description": "Beneficial use of waste"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ref": "u9",
      "description": "Use of waste to manufacture finished goods",
      "previousExemptions": [
        {
          "ref": 14,
          "description": "The manufacture of finished goods from waste"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ref": "u10",
      "description": "Spreading waste on agricultural land to confer benefit",
      "previousExemptions": [
        {
          "ref": 7,
          "description": "Waste fore the benefit of land"
        },
        {
          "ref": 36,
          "description": "Spreading of dredgings"
        },
        {
          "ref": 47,
          "description": "Treating land by the spreading of agricultural waste (milk)"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ref": "u11",
      "description": "Spreading waste on non-agricultural land to confer benefit",
      "previousExemptions": [
        {
          "ref": 7,
          "description": "Waste fore the benefit of land"
        },
        {
          "ref": 9,
          "description": "Land reclamation or improvement"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ref": "u12",
      "description": "Use of mulch"
    },
    {
      "ref": "u13",
      "description": "Spreading of plant matter to confer benefit"
    },
    {
      "ref": "u14",
      "description": "Incorporation of ash into soil"
    },
    {
      "ref": "u15",
      "description": "Pig and poultry ash"
    },
    {
      "ref": "u16",
      "description": "Use of depolluted end-of-life vehicles for vehicle parts"
    }
  ],
  "TREATMENT": [
    {
      "ref": "t1",
      "description": "Cleaning, washing, spraying or coating relevant waste",
      "previousExemptions": [
        {
          "ref": 4,
          "description": "Cleaning, washing, spraying or coating of waste packaging and containers"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ref": "t2",
      "description": "Recovery of textiles",
      "previousExemptions": [
        {
          "ref": 20,
          "description": "Laundering or cleaning waste textiles"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ref": "t3",
      "description": "Treatment of waste metals and metal alloys by heating for the purposes of removing grease etc",
      "previousExemptions": [
        {
          "ref": 44,
          "description": "Apply to your local authority"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ref": "t4",
      "description": "Preparatory treatments (baling, sorting, shredding etc)",
      "previousExemptions": [
        {
          "ref": 11,
          "description": "Treatment of waste for the purpose of recovery"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ref": "t5",
      "description": "Screening and blending of waste",
      "previousExemptions": [
        {
          "ref": 13,
          "description": "Manufacture and treatment of construction materials and timber products"
        },
        {
          "ref": 21,
          "description": "Chipping, shredding, cutting or pulverising of waste plant matter"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ref": "t6",
      "description": "Treatment of waste wood and waste plant matter by chipping, shredding, cutting or pulverising",
      "previousExemptions": [
        {
          "ref": 21,
          "description": "Chipping, shredding, cutting or pulverising of waste plant matter"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ref": "t7",
      "description": "Treatment of waste bricks, tiles and concrete by crushing, grinding or reducing in size",
      "previousExemptions": [
        {
          "ref": 24,
          "description": "Apply to your local authority"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ref": "t8",
      "description": "Mechanical treatment of end-of-life tyres"
    },
    {
      "ref": "t9",
      "description": "Recovery of scrap metal",
      "previousExemptions": [
        {
          "ref": 45,
          "description": "Recovery of scrap metal or the dismantling of waste motor vehicles"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ref": "t10",
      "description": "Sorting mixed waste"
    },
    {
      "ref": "t11",
      "description": "Repair or refurbishment of WEEE",
      "previousExemptions": [
        {
          "ref": 40,
          "description": "Repair or refurbishment of WEEE"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ref": "t12",
      "description": "Manual treatment of waste"
    },
    {
      "ref": "t13",
      "description": "Treatment of waste food"
    },
    {
      "ref": "t14",
      "description": "Crushing and emptying waste vehicle oil filters"
    },
    {
      "ref": "t15",
      "description": "Treatment of waste aerosol cans"
    },
    {
      "ref": "t16",
      "description": "Treatment of waste toner cartridges by sorting, dismantling, cleaning or refilling"
    },
    {
      "ref": "t17",
      "description": "Crushing waste fluorescent tubes",
      "previousExemptions": [
        {
          "ref": 40,
          "description": "Crushing of waste gas discharge lamps"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ref": "t18",
      "description": "Dewatering using flocculants"
    },
    {
      "ref": "t19",
      "description": "Physical treatment of waste edible oil and fat to produce biodiesel"
    },
    {
      "ref": "t20",
      "description": "Treatment of waste at a water treatment works",
      "previousExemptions": [
        {
          "ref": 10,
          "description": "Sewage and water treatment works"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ref": "t21",
      "description": "Recovery of waste at a waste water treatment works",
      "previousExemptions": [
        {
          "ref": 10,
          "description": "Sewage and water treatment works"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ref": "t22",
      "description": "Treatment of animal by-product waste at a collection centre",
      "previousExemptions": [
        {
          "ref": 23,
          "description": "Recovery of waste consisting of animal by-products at a collection centre"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ref": "t23",
      "description": "Aerobic composting and associated prior treatment",
      "previousExemptions": [
        {
          "ref": 12,
          "description": "Composting waste"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ref": "t24",
      "description": "Anaerobic digestion at premises used for agriculture and burning of resultant biogas",
      "previousExemptions": [
        {
          "ref": 12,
          "description": "Composting waste"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ref": "t25",
      "description": "Anaerobic digestion at premises not used for agriculture and burning of resultant biogas",
      "oldExemptions": [
        12
      ],
      "oldDescriptions": "Composting waste"
    },
    {
      "ref": "t26",
      "description": "Treatment of kitchen waste in a wormery"
    },
    {
      "ref": "t27",
      "description": "Treatment of sheep dip for disposal"
    },
    {
      "ref": "t28",
      "description": "Sorting and denaturing of controlled drugs for disposal"
    },
    {
      "ref": "t29",
      "description": "Treatment of non-hazardous pesticide washings by carbon filtration for disposal"
    },
    {
      "ref": "t30",
      "description": "Recovery of silver",
      "previousExemptions": [
        {
          "ref": 22,
          "description": "Recovery of silver from waste printing and photographic wastes"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ref": "t31",
      "description": "Recovery of monopropylene glycol from aircraft antifreeze fluids"
    },
    {
      "ref": "t32",
      "description": "Treatment of waste in a biobed or biofilter",
      "previousExemptions": [
        {
          "ref": 16,
          "description": "Biobeds"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ref": "t33",
      "description": "Recovery of central heating oil by filtration"
    }
  ],
  "DISPOSAL": [
    {
      "ref": "d1",
      "description": "Deposit of waste from dredging of inland waters",
      "previousExemptions": [
        {
          "ref": 25,
          "description": "Deposit of dredgings from inland waterways"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ref": "d2",
      "description": "Deposit of waste from a railway sanitary convenience",
      "previousExemptions": [
        {
          "ref": 32,
          "description": "Discharge of sanitary waste from passenger train"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ref": "d3",
      "description": "Deposit of waste from a portable sanitary convenience",
      "previousExemptions": [
        {
          "ref": 32,
          "description": "Burial of sanitary waste from removable receptacle"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ref": "d4",
      "description": "Deposit of agricultural waste consisting of plant tissue under a Plant Health notice",
      "previousExemptions": [
        {
          "ref": 37,
          "description": "Deposit of agricultural waste consisting of plant tissue at the place of production"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ref": "d5",
      "description": "Depositing samples of waste for the purposes of testing or analysing them",
      "previousExemptions": [
        {
          "ref": 38,
          "description": "Deposit or storage of waste samples"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ref": "d6",
      "description": "Disposal by incineration",
      "previousExemptions": [
        {
          "ref": 29,
          "description": "Burning of waste in exempt incinerator at place of production"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ref": "d7",
      "description": "Burning waste in the open",
      "previousExemptions": [
        {
          "ref": 30,
          "description": "Burning of waste on open land at place of production"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ref": "d8",
      "description": "Burning waste at a port under a Plant Health notice",
      "previousExemptions": [
        {
          "ref": 46,
          "description": "Burning plant tissue waste and wood at a dock"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "STORAGE": [
    {
      "ref": "s1",
      "description": "Storage of waste in secure containers",
      "previousExemptions": [
        {
          "ref": 18,
          "description": "Storage of waste in a secure container"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ref": "s2",
      "description": "Storage of waste in a secure place",
      "previousExemptions": [
        {
          "ref": 17,
          "description": "Storage of waste in a secure place"
        },
        {
          "ref": 41,
          "description": "Storage of WEEE pending recovery elsewhere"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ref": "s3",
      "description": "Storage of sludge",
      "previousExemptions": [
        {
          "ref": 8,
          "description": "Secure storage of sludge"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}