EDWARD COOK AND SONS LIMITED

Organisation or operator: EDWARD COOK AND SONS LIMITED
Register: Waste Exemptions
Registration reference: WEX435291
Address: RED BARN FARM, RED BARN ROAD, BILLINGE, WIGAN, WN5 7UA
Town or locality: WIGAN
Postcode: WN5 7UA
Environment Agency Operational Area: Greater Manchester Merseyside and Cheshire
Registration date: 2025-03-12
Expiry date: 2028-04-09

Exemptions

D1 — Depositing waste from dredging inland waters

Depositing dredging spoil (dredgings) on the banks of the waters it was dredged from and treating it by screening and removing water.

Registration date: 2025-03-12
Expiry date: 2028-04-09

D6 — Disposal by incineration

Disposing of small amounts of specific waste that have been produced on your site, in an incinerator.

Registration date: 2025-03-12
Expiry date: 2028-04-09

D7 — Burning waste in the open

Burning plant tissue and untreated wood waste from joinery or manufacturing in the open air.

Registration date: 2025-03-12
Expiry date: 2028-04-09

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: 2025-03-12
Expiry date: 2028-04-09

T4 — Preparatory treatments (baling, sorting, shredding etc)

Treating waste to reduce its volume to help transport it to another site for reuse or recycling or make handling easier.

Registration date: 2025-03-12
Expiry date: 2028-04-09

T6 — Treating waste wood and waste plant matter by chipping, shredding, cutting or pulverising

Chipping, shredding, cutting or pulverising waste wood and waste plant matter to make it easier to store and transport, or converting it into a suitable form to use. The waste treated by these methods must be suitable for its intended use, which can include feedstock for producing products such as panel board, mulch, surfacing tracks (paths and bridleways) or fuel.

Registration date: 2025-03-12
Expiry date: 2028-04-09

U1 — Use of waste in construction

Use of waste in construction using suitable waste rather than virgin raw material or material which has ceased to be waste - for example by complying with a Quality Protocol.

Registration date: 2025-03-12
Expiry date: 2028-04-09

U10 — Spreading waste to benefit agricultural land

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

Registration date: 2025-03-12
Expiry date: 2028-04-09

U12 — Using mulch

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

Registration date: 2025-03-12
Expiry date: 2028-04-09

U13 — Spreading plant matter to provide benefits

Spreading cut plants at the place of production for weed suppression or to provide nutrients to the soil.

Registration date: 2025-03-12
Expiry date: 2028-04-09

U14 — Incorporating ash into soil

Mixing ash back into the soil to return some of the nutrients from burnt crops and vegetation.

Registration date: 2025-03-12
Expiry date: 2028-04-09

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Environment Agency Conditional Licence