R Smith

Organisation or operator: R Smith
Register: Waste Exemptions
Registration reference: WEX438352
Address: Thornlands Farm, Diptford, Totnes, TQ9 7NF
Town or locality: Totnes
Postcode: TQ9 7NF
Environment Agency Operational Area: Devon Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
Registration date: 2025-03-21
Expiry date: 2028-03-20

Exemptions

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: 2025-03-21
Expiry date: 2028-03-20

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: 2025-03-21
Expiry date: 2028-03-20

D6 — Disposal by incineration

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

Registration date: 2025-03-21
Expiry date: 2028-03-20

D7 — Burning waste in the open

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

Registration date: 2025-03-21
Expiry date: 2028-03-20

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: 2025-03-21
Expiry date: 2028-03-20

T10 — Sorting mixed waste

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

Registration date: 2025-03-21
Expiry date: 2028-03-20

T12 — Manually treating waste

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

Registration date: 2025-03-21
Expiry date: 2028-03-20

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: 2025-03-21
Expiry date: 2028-03-20

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: 2025-03-21
Expiry date: 2028-03-20

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: 2025-03-21
Expiry date: 2028-03-20

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: 2025-03-21
Expiry date: 2028-03-20

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: 2025-03-21
Expiry date: 2028-03-20

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: 2025-03-21
Expiry date: 2028-03-20

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: 2025-03-21
Expiry date: 2028-03-20

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: 2025-03-21
Expiry date: 2028-03-20

U12 — Using mulch

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

Registration date: 2025-03-21
Expiry date: 2028-03-20

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: 2025-03-21
Expiry date: 2028-03-20

U14 — Incorporating ash into soil

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

Registration date: 2025-03-21
Expiry date: 2028-03-20

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: 2025-03-21
Expiry date: 2028-03-20

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

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

Registration date: 2025-03-21
Expiry date: 2028-03-20

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

Using waste as fuel to produce heat or power.

Registration date: 2025-03-21
Expiry date: 2028-03-20

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: 2025-03-21
Expiry date: 2028-03-20

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Environment Agency Conditional Licence