Waste transfer

[GarethM]

48 minutes ago, Stere said:

All green waste can make compost etc eventually so even hedge clippings has some value.

Yes it can become compost, but that's why it's classed as waste for most people and requires paying for its disposal and paperwork.

 

If it was going for processing into compost/chip that's a different thing, it's a bit of a grey area, but he needs to explain what and where he was taking it.

 

If it was to a bonfire pile down on Dave's farm, he's bang to rights I'm afraid.

[woody paul]

This has always been a very grey area since EA changed everything. 

I asked a judge I do work for and his answer was if it landed up a court case, all you have to do is prove it a product, and not waste. 

My mate how is a builder got stopped once and was asked to open the back of his van, he had a bath in there which he had taken out of the house he was work, and was going to put it in a rented property for someone else. EA officers said it was waste, he claimed no because it was whole. After a long argument they started to look at other this in van which included a bag of wood, 4x2 off cuts. 

At this point he lost it and said did they want to look in the driver's door pocket as it was full of sweet wraps. At that point police officer how was also there said that EA office was in the wrong and he was to go on his way. 

[scbk]

From 2018:

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/08/02/roofer-fined-300-carrying-sandwich-wrappers-crisp-packets-van/

 

[keith trotter]

On 09/03/2025 at 21:36, GarethM said:

If it's log or chip, it's not really waste.

 

Anything else will most likely have to go to a proper site with paperwork and won't be free.

It was a tipper load of wood chip which I was delivering for a customer to put on the garden. Environmental officer said you can if selling it as you have a traceable invoice

[GarethM]

So did they actually fine you, or did you just make an invoice for 1 load of chip zero charge ?.

 

Daft question it was your chip tho, as I vaguely remember it's goods if you're delivering for example a dumpy bag from the merchant.

[nepia]

Got pulled into a Police/VOSA/East Sussex County Council operation a couple of months ago in a layby on the A22.

Included was a lady from ESCC in hi viz vest with clipboard; uh-oh!

'Did you know that by bringing hedge clippings and rakings from Surrey (where most of my work is) to Sussex you're importing waste?'

'Nothing I produce is waste; it's all a resource. Those clippings and rakings I put in piles in my small woodland to create habitat'.

'Well I'll have to report it to the EA'.

'Of course you will'.

 

I went on my way, she ticked her box.  Everybody happy 😁

Edited March 20 by nepia

[AHPP]

I'm not happy.

[BillQ]

On 20/03/2025 at 10:56, AHPP said:

I'm not happy.

Jawanna hug?