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11.—(1) Carrying on at any place, in respect of waste of a kind listed in column 1 of Table 5, any of the activities specified in column 2 of that Table in relation to that kind of waste where—S
(a)the activity is carried on with a view to the recovery or reuse of the waste (whether or not by the person carrying on the activity listed in column 2 of that Table); and
(b)the total quantity of any particular kind of waste dealt with at that place does not in any period of 7 days exceed the limit specified in relation to that kind of waste in column 3 of that Table.
Table 5
1 includes special waste. | ||
| Kind of waste | Activities | Maximum total quantity (tonnes per week) |
|---|---|---|
| Waste paper or cardboard | Baling, sorting or shredding | 3,000 |
| Waste textiles | Baling, sorting or shredding | 100 |
| Waste plastic | Baling, sorting, shredding, densifying, pelletising or washing | 100 |
| Waste glass | Sorting, crushing or washing | 1,000 |
| Waste steel cans, aluminium cans or aluminium foil | Sorting, crushing, pulverising, shredding, compacting or baling | 100 |
| Waste food or drink cartons | Sorting, crushing, pulverising, shredding, compacting or baling | 100 |
| F1. . . | F1. . . | F1. . . |
| Waste wood | Baling, compacting, sorting or shredding | 1,000 |
| Waste paint | Sorting, bulking or mixing | 100 |
| Waste batteries1 | Sorting | 10 |
(2) The storage of waste paints intended to be used in reliance on the exemption in sub-paragraph (1).
(3) In the case of any waste batteries, sorting must take place in accordance with the treatment conditions.
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F1Words in sch. 1 para. 11 omitted (30.3.2016) by virtue of The Waste Management Licensing (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/40), regs. 1(1), 2(2) (with reg. 3)
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