Waste carriers licence

[AA Teccie (Paul)]

you are still all looking at waste regulations. woodchip is not waste nor are logs.

if your arisings are primarily leaf matter, ie you are a professional hedge cutter, not a tree surgeon then it is classed as green waste........

the usual bamboozling of the masses into paying for licenses etc they dont need! spend away.

 

Regardless of what you actually do with your arisings subsequently, at the point or production they are 'waste', albeit green waste and nor controlled nor hazardous waste. I have fought long and hard to get the 'Virgin Wood' position statement to cover tree surgery arisings but the EA (National Policy Team) disagree.

 

They cite the LoW Regs, (List of Waste Regulations) and the fact that in its various possible guises what we produce is 'waste' (in part as it can cause harm as a previous case where leachate / run-off from a pile of HC woodchips enter a watercourse and killed off some fish.)

 

Codes

Waste types

020103, 020107, 200201

Plant tissue

030105

Sawdust, shavings and cuttings from untreated wood only

030301

Waste bark and wood

 

Hence I would strongly advise you register as either a lower tier carrier (no charge) or, for the occasion you have damaged fence panels etc. on board, as an upper tier carrier (£154 for 3 years.)

 

Your call tho..

Paul

[Fencing]

What about fencing? we bring it all to our yard, posts we turn into our own fire wood, metal scrapped,

[Ian C]

What about fencing? we bring it all to our yard, posts we turn into our own fire wood, metal scrapped,

 

That is waste and you need to register on the higher tier.

 

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