Lower Leeches Management

Organisation or operator: Lower Leeches Management
Register: Waste Exemptions
Registration reference: WEX427189
Site grid reference: SD 63550 07637
Environment Agency Operational Area: Greater Manchester Merseyside and Cheshire
Registration date: 2025-01-13
Expiry date: 2028-01-12

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: 2025-01-13
Expiry date: 2028-01-12

D3 — Depositing waste from a portable sanitary convenience

Burying waste from a portable toilet to avoid small quantities having to be transported long distances to sewage treatment works.

Registration date: 2025-01-13
Expiry date: 2028-01-12

D4 — Depositing agricultural waste consisting of plant tissue under a Plant Health Notice

Depositing diseased crops where they were grown, when a Plant Health Notice has been issued. This is to reduce the risk of spreading plant diseases or pests.

Registration date: 2025-01-13
Expiry date: 2028-01-12

D6 — Disposal by incineration

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

Registration date: 2025-01-13
Expiry date: 2028-01-12

D7 — Burning waste in the open

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

Registration date: 2025-01-13
Expiry date: 2028-01-12

D8 — Burning waste at a port under a Plant Health Notice

Burning plant tissue waste and wood packaging and packing material waste, at a port, when a Plant Health Notice has been served to prevent the spread of plant diseases.

Registration date: 2025-01-13
Expiry date: 2028-01-12

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: 2025-01-13
Expiry date: 2028-01-12

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: 2025-01-13
Expiry date: 2028-01-12

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: 2025-01-13
Expiry date: 2028-01-12

T1 — Cleaning, washing, spraying or coating relevant waste

Treating waste packaging so that it can be reused in its original form. Also cleaning suitable waste to allow it to be recycled.

Registration date: 2025-01-13
Expiry date: 2028-01-12

T10 — Sorting mixed waste

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

Registration date: 2025-01-13
Expiry date: 2028-01-12

T12 — Manually treating waste

Sorting, repairing or refurbishing waste to reuse it, or sorting and dismantling it so it can be recovered.

Registration date: 2025-01-13
Expiry date: 2028-01-12

T13 — Treating waste food

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

Registration date: 2025-01-13
Expiry date: 2028-01-12

T14 — Crushing and emptying vehicle waste oil filters

Recovering oil from oil filters, then crushing them so they can be transported and recovered.

Registration date: 2025-01-13
Expiry date: 2028-01-12

T15 — Treating waste aerosol cans

Treating aerosol cans by puncturing or crushing them using specialist treatment equipment so that the metal can be recovered.

Registration date: 2025-01-13
Expiry date: 2028-01-12

T19 — Physical and chemical treatment of waste edible oil and fat to produce biodiesel

Small-scale physical and chemical treatment of waste edible oils and fat to produce fuel.

Registration date: 2025-01-13
Expiry date: 2028-01-12

T23 — Aerobic composting and associated prior treatment

Composting small volumes of vegetation, cardboard and food waste to produce compost that can be spread to benefit the land by adding nutrients or improving the structure of the soil. Also treating the waste, before you compost it, by chipping or similar activities.

Registration date: 2025-01-13
Expiry date: 2028-01-12

T24 — Anaerobic digestion at premises used for agriculture and burning resulting biogas

Farmers anaerobically digesting manure, slurry and vegetation on their farms to produce digestate that can be used as a fertiliser or soil conditioner. The anaerobic digestion (AD) process also produces biogas, which can be burnt to generate energy, for use on the farm, or exported to the National Grid.

Registration date: 2025-01-13
Expiry date: 2028-01-12

T26 — Treatment of kitchen waste in a wormery

Very small-scale treatment of waste from kitchens using a wormery to produce compost. The compost can be spread on land to add nutrients or to improve the structure of the soil.

Registration date: 2025-01-13
Expiry date: 2028-01-12

T29 — Treatment of non-hazardous pesticide washings by carbon filtration for disposal

Treating non-hazardous pesticide washings before disposing of them to land. Pesticide washings treated this way are less likely to damage the environment when discharged to land compared to untreated pesticide washings.

Registration date: 2025-01-13
Expiry date: 2028-01-12

T30 — Recovery of silver

Recovering silver from waste produced in connection with printing or photographic processes.

Registration date: 2025-01-13
Expiry date: 2028-01-12

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: 2025-01-13
Expiry date: 2028-01-12

T33 — Recovery of central heating oil by filtration

Filtering central heating oil so that it can be reused.

Registration date: 2025-01-13
Expiry date: 2028-01-12

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: 2025-01-13
Expiry date: 2028-01-12

T5 — Screening and blending waste

Temporarily treating waste on a small scale to produce aggregate or soil at a place such as a construction or demolition site.

Registration date: 2025-01-13
Expiry date: 2028-01-12

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: 2025-01-13
Expiry date: 2028-01-12

T8 — Mechanically treating end-of-life tyres

Treating small amounts of waste end-of-life tyres by baling, shredding, peeling, shaving or granulating so they can be recovered.

Registration date: 2025-01-13
Expiry date: 2028-01-12

T9 — Recovering scrap metal

Treating scrap metal by sorting, grading, shearing by manual feed, baling, crushing or cutting it with hand-held equipment to make it easier to handle and to help recover it.

Registration date: 2025-01-13
Expiry date: 2028-01-12

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: 2025-01-13
Expiry date: 2028-01-12

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: 2025-01-13
Expiry date: 2028-01-12

U12 — Using mulch

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

Registration date: 2025-01-13
Expiry date: 2028-01-12

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: 2025-01-13
Expiry date: 2028-01-12

U14 — Incorporating ash into soil

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

Registration date: 2025-01-13
Expiry date: 2028-01-12

U15 — Spreading of pig and poultry ash

Mixing ash from burning pig or poultry carcasses with slurry and/or manure and spreading it on farmland to provide the soil with nutrients.

Registration date: 2025-01-13
Expiry date: 2028-01-12

U16 — Using depolluted end-of-life vehicles for parts

Reusing parts from depolluted end-of-life vehicles in other vehicles.

Registration date: 2025-01-13
Expiry date: 2028-01-12

U2 — Use of baled end-of-life tyres in construction

Using a small number of end-of-life tyre bales in construction.

Registration date: 2025-01-13
Expiry date: 2028-01-12

U4 — Burning of waste as a fuel in a small appliance

Using waste as fuel to produce heat or power.

Registration date: 2025-01-13
Expiry date: 2028-01-12

U5 — Using biodiesel produced from waste as fuel

Storing and using biodiesel produced from waste as fuel in portable generators and motor vehicles.

Registration date: 2025-01-13
Expiry date: 2028-01-12

U6 — Using sludge to re-seed a waste water treatment plant

Importing sludge from another waste water treatment plant to re-seed the biological process at a waste water treatment plant.

Registration date: 2025-01-13
Expiry date: 2028-01-12

U8 — Using waste for a specified purpose

Using waste that does not need treating, to reduce the use of virgin or non waste materials.

Registration date: 2025-01-13
Expiry date: 2028-01-12

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