SCHEDULE

Article 2

Column 1

Group

Column 2

Description of material

Column 3

Conditions

1

Rocks and soils

Naturally occurring

2

Ceramic or concrete materials

3

Minerals

Processed or prepared

4

Furnace slags

5

Ash

6

Low activity inorganic compounds

7

Calcium sulphate

Disposed of in a landfill cell where no biodegradable waste is accepted

8

Calcium hydroxide and brine

Deposited in a brine cavity

Notes

(1)

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; and

(n)

dredgings.

(2)

Group 2—

(a)

comprises only—

(i)

glass, including fritted enamel;

(ii)

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

(iii)

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

(b)

does not include—

(i)

glass fibre and glass-reinforced plastic; or

(ii)

concrete plant washings.

(3)

Group 3—

(a)

comprises only—

(i)

moulding sands, including used foundry sand;

(ii)

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

(iii)

mineral absorbents;

(iv)

man-made mineral fibres, including glass fibres;

(v)

silica;

(vi)

mica; and

(vii)

mineral abrasives; and

(b)

does not include—

(i)

moulding sands containing organic binders; or

(ii)

man-made mineral fibres made from glass-reinforced plastic and asbestos.

(4)

Group 4 comprises only—

(a)

vitrified wastes and residues from thermal processing of minerals where, in either case, the residue is both fused and insoluble; and

(b)

slag from waste incineration.

(5)

Group 5—

(a)

comprises only—

(i)

bottom ash and fly ash from wood or waste combustion: and

(ii)

bottom ash and fly ash from coal or petroleum coke combustion (including when burnt together with biomass); and

(b)

does not include fly ash from sewage sludge, municipal, clinical and hazardous waste incinerators.

(6)

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.

(7)

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