Waste Transfer Licence

[bareroots]

Can't chip and wood bith be classed as a product and therefore not deemed waste?

 

ever hopeful...

[Bolt]

I thought "new" wood chip was no longer classified as waste?

 

Maybe i'm confused once more

[lop it]

Timber and wood chip are classed as virgin timber as long as the wood chip is NOT treated

The only way we require a waste licence is for hedge clippings due to these not having wood in them

[AA Teccie (Paul)]

Timber and wood chip are classed as virgin timber as long as the wood chip is NOT treated

The only way we require a waste licence is for hedge clippings due to these not having wood in them

 

Trouble is, from an EA perspective and after MUCH time spent on this subject, the minute there's a bit of 'greenery' in there it's 'waste' not virgin wood.

 

Do you need a waste transfer licence = not usually, and EA would not say otherwise.

 

Do you need a 'waste carriers licence' = yes, probably. Cost about £140 for 3 years and £100(ish) at renewal, so we've included it as a 'must have for ACs.

 

Paul

[Bolt]

sorry for being a little "green" here, but do I take it that a waste transfer licence is different to a waste carriers licence (feel free to talk amonst yourselves / let your attention wander, if you have been through this all before )

[Mesterh]

Not sure about the transfer bit but I would assume thats for transfer stations. When I looked into it it was a carrier and broker, the broker in case you get someone else to remove the waste from site.

[Paul Smith]

Para 21 exemption!

[jpbeaver]

it is classed as waste ben. my mate spent hours on the phone top the EA trying to sort it out. he also has had to get an excemtion for burning logs on his home wood burners.

[Hodge]

i got stopped by the police for a routine check the other day, they checked the vehicle over and then the EA came and checked what i was carrying. i had a chat with the lady from EA and she said it was a bit of a grey area. i told here that all wood was kept for selling as firewood and that the chip was given away to whoever wanted it and she said this was fine. maybe i got lucky??

[armchairarborist]

waste? whats that?