The Scottish Landfill Tax (Qualifying Material) Order 2015

Article 2

SCHEDULE

Column 1

Group

Column 2

Description of material

Column 3

Conditions

1Rocks and soilsNaturally occurring
2Ceramic or concrete materials
3MineralsProcessed or prepared
4Furnace slags
5Ash
6Low activity inorganic compounds
7Calcium sulphateDisposed of in a landfill cell where no biodegradable waste is accepted
8Calcium hydroxide and brineDeposited 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.