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Types of activity you can carry out

These include:

• storing construction and demolition waste that can be reused without treatment, at an intermediate site before it is moved to another place to be reused
• storing olive pulp and marble chips at a port before it is moved to another place to be recovered

Types of activity you cannot carry out

You cannot:

• treat waste under this exemption - see the section 鈥榬elated exemptions鈥�
• store waste destined to be disposed of - see the section 鈥榬elated permits鈥�
• store mixed waste
• mix hazardous with non-hazardous waste.
• register this exemption to increase the storage capacity at the place where another treatment exemption such as T1, T4, T11 or a U activity is carried out

Types of waste you can store

The waste codes are those listed in the List of Wastes (LoW) Regulations. You need to make sure your waste fits within the relevant waste code and description.

Waste code	Type of waste	Storage limit (at any one time)	Period (months)
16听10听02	aqueous paint related waste only	1,000 litres	6
16听06听01* 16听06听02* 16听06听03* 16听06听04 16听06听05 20听01听33* 20听01听34	batteries	10 tonnes	6
15听01听04 20听01听40	cans and foil only	500 tonnes	12
14听06听01*	CFCs, HCFCs and HFCs	18 tonnes	6
17听01听01 17听01听02 17听01听03 17听01听07 17听02听02 17听02听03 17听04听01 to 17听04听07 17听05听04 17听06听04 17听08听02	construction and demolition waste (non-hazardous) capable of being used in existing state only	100 tonnes	12
20听01听25	edible oil and fat only	5,000 tonnes	12
10听02听07*	electric arc furnace dust only	2,500 tonnes	3
02听01听04	farm plastics (non-packaging only)	500 tonnes	12
07听02听13 15听01听01 15听01听02 15听01听05 20听01听39	Food and drink cartons	500 tonnes	12
10听11听12 15听01听07 16听01听20 17听02听02 19听12听05 20听01听02	glass	5,000 tonnes	12
02听01听02	mammalian protein only	60,000 tonnes	12
02听02听02	mammalian tallow only	45,000 tonnes	12
20听03听07	mattresses only	5 tonnes	3
01听04听08 19听12听09	marble chips only	5,000 tonnes	12
02听03听04	olive pulp/pellet only	5,000 tonnes	3
08听01听11* 08听01听12 20听01听27* 20听01听28	paints (excluding specialist and industrial paints, wood preservatives, aerosol and spray paints, inks, adhesives and resins) pending reuse as paints only	10,000 litres	6
03听03听07 03听03听08 15听01听01 19听12听01 20听01听01	paper and cardboard (excluding food and drink cartons) only	15,000 tonnes	12
09听01听07 09听01听08	photographic films and papers	50 tonnes	12
07听02听13 12听01听05 15听01听02 16听01听19 19听12听04 20听01听39	plastic	500 tonnes	12
10听01听01	poultry litter ash only	3,000 tonnes	12
08听03听18 15听01听02 16听02听16 20听01听39	printer cartridges only	5,000 units	6
17听03听01* 17听03听02 17听05听04	road planings, waste road chippings, road sub-base only	500 tonnes	12
02听01听10 16听01听17 16听01听18 17听04听01 17听04听02 170403 170404 170405 170406 17听04听07 17听04听11 19听12听02 19听12听03	scrap metal	15,000 tonnes	6
09听01听10 09听01听11* 09听01听12	single use cameras	400 cubic metres	6
02听04听01 02听03听99	soils from cleaning fruit and veg only	100 tonnes	6
10听03听16 10听04听05* 10听05听04 10听05听11 10听06听04 10听08听11 10听08听99	solder metal, skimmings, ashes and residues	100 tonnes	3
14听06听02* 14听06听03* 20听01听13*	solvents and solvent mixtures	5 cubic metres	6
10听01听01 10听01听02 10听01听05 10听01听15	synthetic gypsum and pulverised fuel ash only	2,500 tonnes	3
04听02听22 15听01听09 19听12听08 20听01听10 20听01听11	textiles and clothes	1,000 tonnes	12
16听01听03 19听12听04	tyres, tyre chip and crumb	40 tonnes	3
11听01听13* 12听03听01* 16听07听08*	waste cleaning solution containing 2% sodium metasilicate and 1 to 2% waste oil only	3 tonnes	3
16听02听11* 16听02听13* 16听02听14 16听02听16 20听01听21* 20听01听23* 20听01听35* 20听01听36	WEEE	400 cubic metres	6
03听03听01 15听01听02 15听01听03 20听01听38	wine bottle corks only	500 tonnes	12
03听01听05 17听02听01 17听02听04* 19听12听06* 19听12听07 20听01听37* 20听01听38	Wood, including telegraph poles and railway sleepers (hazardous and non-hazardous)	100 tonnes	12

(*) An asterisk at the end of a code means the waste is hazardous.

Conditions

The conditions are:

• each type of waste must be stored separately
• the storage must take place at a secure place
• the storage of the waste is pending its recovery elsewhere
• each waste shall not be stored for longer than the specified time period

The additional specific conditions apply to some specified types of waste.

Aqueous paint related waste only

• the waste is stored in a container
• the waste is stored with secondary containment

Batteries:

• the waste is stored in a container
• the storage place has sealed drainage

CFCs, HCFCs and HFCs:

• the waste is stored in a container
• the waste is stored with secondary containment

Edible oil and fat only:

• the waste is stored in a container
• the waste is stored with secondary containment

Electric arc furnace dust only:

• the waste is stored indoors
• the waste is stored at a dock before being exported or after being imported
• the waste must arrive at the storage place in bags and must be stored there in bags or in drums

Farm plastics (non-packaging):

• the waste is stored indoors

Glass:

• the storage place has sealed drainage

Mammalian protein only:

• the waste is stored indoors

Mammalian tallow only:

• the waste is stored indoors

Mattresses only:

• the waste is stored indoors

Olive pulp and pellet:

• the storage place has sealed drainage
• the waste is stored with secondary containment
• the waste is stored at a dock before being exported or after being imported

Paints (excluding specialist and industrial paints, wood preservatives, aerosol and spray paints, inks, adhesives and resins) pending reuse as paints:

• the waste is stored in a container
• the waste is stored with secondary containment

Paper and cardboard (excluding food and drink cartons):

• the waste is stored in a baled form, in a container or indoors
• within the quantity limit specified and despite this additional specific condition, up to 1,000 tonnes may be stored outdoors as long as it is stored in an enclosure designed and maintained to prevent litter escaping

Photographic films and papers:

• the waste is stored in a baled form, in a container or indoors

Poultry litter ash only:

• the waste is stored indoors
• the waste is stored at a dock before being exported or after being imported

Printer cartridges only:

• the waste is stored indoors

Scrap metal:

• the storage place has sealed drainage
• the waste is stored at a dock before being exported or after being imported

Solder metal, skimmings, ashes and residues:

• the waste is stored in bags or in drums

Solvents and solvent mixtures:

• the waste is stored in a container
• the waste is stored with secondary containment

Synthetic gypsum and pulverized fuel ash only:

• the waste is stored indoors
• the waste is stored at a dock before being exported or after being imported
• the waste must arrive at the storage place in bags and must be stored there in bags or in drums

Tyres, tyre chip and crumb:

• the total quantity of waste stored together does not exceed 10 tonnes; this is to reduce the risk of fire spreading

Waste cleaning solution containing 2% sodium metasilicate and 1% to 2% waste oil only:

• the waste is stored in a container
• the waste is stored with secondary containment

Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE):

• you must comply with the requirements in paragraph 1 of
• the WEEE is stored on an impermeable surface
• where you are storing聽WEEE聽containing hazardous materials or fluids, or storing whole appliances or parts that are to be reused, the WEEE is stored with weatherproof covering

What else you need to know

Hazardous waste is subject to the Hazardous Waste Regulations.

Related exemptions

T1: Cleaning, washing, spraying or coating relevant waste

T2: Recovering textiles

T4: Preparatory treatments, such as baling, sorting, shredding

S1: Storing waste in secure containers

Related permits

You will need an environmental permit if you want to store:

• waste at an intermediate site for treatment or use not covered in related exemptions or under a permit for recovery
• mixed waste at an intermediate site for treatment
• waste prior to disposal

Find out more about environmental permits for waste.

Register a S2 exemption