Open Association of Landscape Industries
waste carrier license: lower tier
does anyone know what this covers for agricultural use ?
green waste only / or / and rubble ?
do you have to own a farm/land and can you carry on trailer to a registered waste site to pay for disposal?
many thanks - rob
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Ian @ Redbarrow East Sussex on -
Rob,
The license permits carriage of green waste, and rubble.
You don't have to own the farm/land, as you're classified as a 'carrier'.
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/business/sectors/127690.aspx
Re trailers, unaware of any issue regards using an open trailer to carry green waste & rubble, within limits. Carrying animal by-products, for instance, might well be a different case!
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Gardens4u.co.uk on -
''OR after 2013, a carrier who only transports waste produced by the carrier itself, except where it is construction or demolition waste (up until then they are excluded).''
it seems you are not allowed to carry building materials from any sort in this instance ...
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Gardens4u.co.uk on -
Examples of construction and demolition wastes would include:
- baths
- sinks
- fences
- windows
- walls
- doors
- plasterboard
- pipe-work
- radiators
- any items that had been part of, or had been, an infrastructure
- wastes from the exploration for, or extraction of, mineral resources
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Ian @ Redbarrow East Sussex on -
"If you are registered in the lower tier because of the waste types you carry, your lower tier registration will be valid for construction and demolition wastes that are within that waste type. For example, construction and demolition wastes from mines and quarries"...... (I'm presuming here this also includes construction 'waste from premises used for agriculture').
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/business/regulation/129314.aspx
Clear as mud!
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Austin Powell-Allen on -
Interesting point as I notice fences (and decking i imagine) are mentioned as construction waste and therefore if you are disposing of them like I do a waste carriers license will be required. I have always thought it was a very grey area not all in black and white. And have always had a license, as the tip i go to state that they will not accept waste from un-registered carriers as they have had trouble in the past which is a fair point.
Gardens4u.co.uk said:Examples of construction and demolition wastes would include:
- baths
- sinks
- fences
- windows
- walls
- doors
- plasterboard
- pipe-work
- radiators
- any items that had been part of, or had been, an infrastructure
- wastes from the exploration for, or extraction of, mineral resources
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Gardens4u.co.uk on -
need upper tier . same as i need it for registered private recycle tip i go to.... they know mine has run out..
on a good note : env guy said he will give me 14 days grace, its £105 to renew so worth doing for 3 yrs so no trouble and legal on the road.
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Gardens4u.co.uk on -
can i carry on with this regarding : burning green refuse on different land. ? does anyone know th elaws on this?
thanks - robin
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Permalink Reply by gary newton on -
if carrying purely green waste ie grass cutting / hedge trimmings etc is it classed as lower tier
when you go to the ea website it points you to lower tier but the only avaliable option is agriculture is this the correct section
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by David Cox on -
I take it you mean taking green waste from the site where it is produced to another site - IE a farm (as you allude to above) and burning it?
My understanding is that that would be illigal under any circumstances - I may be wrong... but If I remember correctly - for non agricultural waste such as yours, you would need to dispose of it at a registered site, or gain an exemption for the site your processing it at, and compost it.
In short, carrying it there is not the problem, its how you "process" it once there, and burning is a no-no - composting is a yes-with the correct licence.
Gardens4u.co.uk said:can i carry on with this regarding : burning green refuse on different land. ? does anyone know th elaws on this?
thanks - robin
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Austin Powell-Allen on -
I can confirm you are correct I enquired the about a moving garden cuttings to my own site to compost as I try to mulch alot of my waste and use as compost at a later date on friends and clients gardens. Yet the Envionment Agency rather than classing it as recycling it is waste so a Waste Carriers license is needed. I suppose its a simular thing with a plumber reusing a bathroom suite or bathroom taps etc. Everyone keeps mentioning recycle and saving the planet yet there appears to be no incentive with waste licenses
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Paul McNulty on -
As I read it, you don't actually need to be registered on the lower tier until 2013, if you only carry the waste that qualifies you as lower tier. But, you usually need to be registered to use proper tips.
For this year I just ticked agricultural. If they don't like it they can explain why there's this silly year's gap!
gary newton said:if carrying purely green waste ie grass cutting / hedge trimmings etc is it classed as lower tier
when you go to the ea website it points you to lower tier but the only avaliable option is agriculture is this the correct section
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Permalink Reply by James Dixon on -
I think there are a load of regulations about running a composting site- temperature control, preventing fluids leaching out etc.
Apparently a parks department could compost their own waste because it is generated on their own site(s).
I found that the best solution for disposing of grass from a block of flats was to rent a big four wheeled bin from a commercial waste firm. They tend to recycle everything they can. Works out at £15 a collection and no running about with cuttings in the van so saves time.
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