SCHEDULE 1QUALIFYING MATERIAL: SPECIFIED MATERIALS AND CONDITIONS

(introduced by section 15)

General

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The Table sets out—

a

in the second column, the materials that are specified for the purposes of requirement 1 in section 15;

b

in the third column, the conditions (if any) that apply in respect of the materials for the purposes of requirement 2 in that section.

TABLE

Group

Materials

Conditions

1

Rocks and soil

Naturally occurring

2

Ceramic or concrete material

3

Minerals

Processed or prepared

4

Furnace slags

5

Ash

6

Low activity inorganic compounds

7

Calcium sulphate

1

The environmental permit relating to the site at which the material is disposed of authorises landfill disposals of non-hazardous waste only.

2

The material is disposed of in a cell that does not contain any biodegradable waste.

8

Calcium hydroxide and brine

Disposed of in a brine cavity

Interpretation

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The Table is to be interpreted in accordance with the following paragraphs of the Schedule.

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The material in Group 1 comprises only—

a

rock;

b

clay;

c

sand;

d

gravel;

e

sandstone;

f

limestone;

g

crushed stone;

h

china clay;

i

construction stone;

j

stone from the demolition of buildings or structures;

k

slate;

l

sub-soil;

m

silt;

n

dredgings.

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The material in Group 2 comprises only—

a

glass, including fritted enamel;

b

ceramics, including bricks, bricks and mortar, tiles, clay ware, pottery, china and refractories;

c

concrete, including reinforced concrete blocks, breeze blocks and aircrete blocks.

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The material in Group 2 does not include—

a

glass fibre or glass-reinforced plastic;

b

concrete plant washings.

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The material in Group 3 comprises only—

a

moulding sands, including used foundry sand;

b

clays, including moulding clays and clay absorbents (including Fuller's earth and bentonite);

c

mineral absorbents;

d

man-made mineral fibres, including glass fibres;

e

silica;

f

mica;

g

mineral abrasives.

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The material in Group 3 does not include—

a

moulding sands containing organic binders;

b

man-made mineral fibres made from—

i

glass-reinforced plastic, or

ii

asbestos.

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The material in Group 4 comprises only—

a

vitrified wastes and residues from the thermal processing of minerals where the wastes or residues are both fused and insoluble;

b

slag from waste incineration.

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The material in Group 5 comprises only fly ash and bottom ash from—

a

wood or waste combustion, or

b

coal or petroleum coke combustion (including fly ash and bottom ash produced when coal or petroleum coke is burnt together with biomass).

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The material in Group 5 does not include fly ash from—

a

sewage sludge, or

b

municipal, clinical or hazardous waste incinerators.

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The material in Group 6 comprises only—

a

calcium based reaction wastes from titanium dioxide production;

b

calcium carbonate;

c

magnesium carbonate;

d

magnesium oxide;

e

magnesium hydroxide;

f

iron oxide;

g

ferric hydroxide;

h

aluminium oxide;

i

aluminium hydroxide;

j

zirconium dioxide.

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Group 7 includes calcium sulphate, gypsum and calcium sulphate based plasters but does not include plasterboard.

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In the third column of the Table, “non-hazardous waste” means waste that is not hazardous waste within the meaning of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 November 2008 on waste.