Manchester Metropolitan University

Organisation or operator: Manchester Metropolitan University
Register: Waste Exemptions
Registration reference: WEX479885
Site grid reference: SJ8427696915
Environment Agency Operational Area: Greater Manchester Merseyside and Cheshire
Registration date: 2025-12-12
Expiry date: 2028-12-11

Exemptions

D5 — Depositing waste samples for testing or analysis

Depositing and storing waste samples, where they are required to comply with or enforce specified regulations, or before testing and analysis for research.

Registration date: 2025-12-12
Expiry date: 2028-12-11

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: 2025-12-12
Expiry date: 2028-12-11

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: 2025-12-12
Expiry date: 2028-12-11

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: 2025-12-12
Expiry date: 2028-12-11

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: 2025-12-12
Expiry date: 2028-12-11

U12 — Using mulch

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

Registration date: 2025-12-12
Expiry date: 2028-12-11

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: 2025-12-12
Expiry date: 2028-12-11

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Environment Agency Conditional Licence