HAROLD W SMART & SON LIMITED

Organisation or operator: HAROLD W SMART & SON LIMITED
Register: Waste Exemptions
Registration reference: WEX476449
Site grid reference: SO 80645 19091
Environment Agency Operational Area: West Midlands
Registration date: 2025-10-27
Expiry date: 2028-10-26

Exemptions

D1 — Depositing waste from dredging inland waters

Depositing dredging spoil (dredgings) on the banks of the waters it was dredged from and treating it by screening and removing water.

Registration date: 2025-10-27
Expiry date: 2028-10-26

D7 — Burning waste in the open

Burning plant tissue and untreated wood waste from joinery or manufacturing in the open air.

Registration date: 2025-10-27
Expiry date: 2028-10-26

T23 — Aerobic composting and associated prior treatment

Composting small volumes of vegetation, cardboard and food waste to produce compost that can be spread to benefit the land by adding nutrients or improving the structure of the soil. Also treating the waste, before you compost it, by chipping or similar activities.

Registration date: 2025-10-27
Expiry date: 2028-10-26

T32 — Treatment of waste in a biobed or biofilter

Treating non-hazardous pesticide washings in a biobed or biofilter. The treated washings can be re-used and the biobed material (biomix) can then be spread on land (under an exemption) for agricultural or ecological benefit.

Registration date: 2025-10-27
Expiry date: 2028-10-26

U1 — Use of waste in construction

Use of waste in construction using suitable waste rather than virgin raw material or material which has ceased to be waste - for example by complying with a Quality Protocol.

Registration date: 2025-10-27
Expiry date: 2028-10-26

U12 — Using mulch

Landscapers, farmers or growers spreading mulch as a protective covering onto land around trees, bushes or plants.

Registration date: 2025-10-27
Expiry date: 2028-10-26

U13 — Spreading plant matter to provide benefits

Spreading cut plants at the place of production for weed suppression or to provide nutrients to the soil.

Registration date: 2025-10-27
Expiry date: 2028-10-26

U14 — Incorporating ash into soil

Mixing ash back into the soil to return some of the nutrients from burnt crops and vegetation.

Registration date: 2025-10-27
Expiry date: 2028-10-26

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Environment Agency Conditional Licence