SCHEDULE 1Household, industrial and commercial waste
Interpretation
1.
In this Schedule—
“camp site” means land on which tents are pitched for the purpose of human habitation and land the use of which is incidental to that purpose;
“charity shop” means a hereditament used wholly or mainly for the sale of goods donated to a charity where the proceeds of sale (after deduction of expenses) are applied for the purposes of a charity;
“clinical waste” means waste from a healthcare activity (including veterinary healthcare) that—
(a)
contains viable micro-organisms or their toxins which are known or reliably believed to cause disease in humans or other living organisms,
(b)
contains or is contaminated with a medicine that contains a biologically active pharmaceutical agent, or
(c)
is a sharp, or a body fluid or other biological material (including human and animal tissue) containing or contaminated with a dangerous substance within the meaning of F1Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, as amended from time to time,
and waste of a similar nature from a non-healthcare activity;
“construction” includes improvement, repair or alteration;
“gypsies and travellers”—
(a)
(b)
“hazardous waste”—
(a)
(b)
“not for profit body” means a body which, by virtue of its constitution or any enactment—
(a)
is required (after payment of outgoings) to apply the whole of its income, and any capital which it expends, for charitable or public purposes; and
(b)
is prohibited from directly or indirectly distributing among its members any part of its assets (otherwise than for charitable or public purposes);
“offensive waste” means waste that—
(a)
is not clinical waste,
(b)
contains body fluids, secretions or excretions, and
(c)
F2falls within the description of code 18 01 04, 18 02 03 or 20 01 99 in the list of wastes established by Commission Decision 2000/532/EC replacing Decision 94/3/EC establishing a list of wastes pursuant to Article 1(a) of Council Directive 75/442/EEC on waste and Council Decision 94/904/EC establishing a list of hazardous waste pursuant to Article 1(4) of Council Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste, as amended from time to time;
“waste oil” means any mineral or synthetic lubrication or industrial oil which is unfit for its original purpose.