The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007

Temporary storage of waste on the site where it is produced

52.—(1) Temporary storage of waste, including WEEE, pending its collection, on the site where it is produced if—

(a) the storage is not at a place designed or adapted for the recovery of scrap metal or the dismantling of vehicles;

(b) in the case of vehicles, the storage complies with—

(i) the general requirements in Article 4 of the Waste Framework Directive, and

(ii) the relevant minimum technical requirements described in Annex I of the End-of-Life Vehicles Directive; and

(c) in the case of hazardous waste it is stored on the site for no more than 12 months, and—

(i) if liquid, it is stored in a secure container and the total volume of that waste does not at any time exceed 23,000 litres, and

(ii) in any other case, either it is stored in a secure container and the total volume of that waste does not at any time exceed 80 cubic metres, or it is stored in a secure place and the total volume of that waste does not at any time exceed 50 cubic metres.

(2) In this paragraph “vehicle” means a motor vehicle of any type that is waste.