Environmental Permits
Waste Exemptions

Cranfield University

Organisation or operator
Cranfield University
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Waste Exemptions
Registration reference
WEX488902
Address
COLLEGE ROAD, CRANFIELD, BEDFORD, MK43 0AL
Town or locality
BEDFORD
Postcode
MK43 0AL
Environment Agency Operational Area
East Anglia
Registration date
2026-04-24
Expiry date
2029-04-23

Exemptions

S1 — Storing waste in secure containers

Storing specific waste in secure containers at a different place to where the waste was produced, before it's transported to another site to be recovered.

Registration date
2026-04-24
Expiry date
2029-04-23

S2 — Storing waste in a secure place

Storing specific waste a secure place that's different to where it was produced, before the waste is transported to another site to be recovered.

Registration date
2026-04-24
Expiry date
2029-04-23

S3 — Storing sludge

Storing sewage sludge at a place where it's to be used in accordance with the Sludge (Use in Agriculture) Regulations 1989.

Registration date
2026-04-24
Expiry date
2029-04-23

T10 — Sorting mixed waste

Small organisations, such as charities, separating recyclable waste so that it can be recovered.

Registration date
2026-04-24
Expiry date
2029-04-23

T13 — Treating waste food

Recovering waste food by decanting or unwrapping it and recovering the packaging.

Registration date
2026-04-24
Expiry date
2029-04-23

T21 — Recovery of waste at a waste water treatment works

Recovering waste, such as sludge from a septic tank or cesspool, which needs further treatment at a waste water treatment works.

Registration date
2026-04-24
Expiry date
2029-04-23

T32 — Treatment of waste in a biobed or biofilter

Treating non-hazardous pesticide washings in a biobed or biofilter. The treated washings can be re-used and the biobed material (biomix) can then be spread on land (under an exemption) for agricultural or ecological benefit.

Registration date
2026-04-24
Expiry date
2029-04-23

U11 — Spreading waste to benefit non-agricultural land

Spreading different waste on non-agricultural land to replace manufactured fertilisers or virgin materials such as agricultural lime used to improve or maintain soil.

Registration date
2026-04-24
Expiry date
2029-04-23

U12 — Using mulch

Landscapers, farmers or growers spreading mulch as a protective covering onto land around trees, bushes or plants.

Registration date
2026-04-24
Expiry date
2029-04-23

Official source

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Inclusion in this directory does not prove regulatory compliance. Confirm details with the official source.

Environment Agency Conditional Licence