Environmental Permits
Waste Exemptions

HMP Leyhill

Organisation or operator
HMP Leyhill
Register
Waste Exemptions
Registration reference
WEX473331
Site grid reference
ST 69863 92226
Environment Agency Operational Area
Wessex
Registration date
2025-09-19
Expiry date
2028-09-18

Exemptions

S2 — Storing waste in a secure place

Storing specific waste a secure place that's different to where it was produced, before the waste is transported to another site to be recovered.

Registration date
2025-09-19
Expiry date
2028-09-18

T1 — Cleaning, washing, spraying or coating relevant waste

Treating waste packaging so that it can be reused in its original form. Also cleaning suitable waste to allow it to be recycled.

Registration date
2025-09-19
Expiry date
2028-09-18

T10 — Sorting mixed waste

Small organisations, such as charities, separating recyclable waste so that it can be recovered.

Registration date
2025-09-19
Expiry date
2028-09-18

T12 — Manually treating waste

Sorting, repairing or refurbishing waste to reuse it, or sorting and dismantling it so it can be recovered.

Registration date
2025-09-19
Expiry date
2028-09-18

T13 — Treating waste food

Recovering waste food by decanting or unwrapping it and recovering the packaging.

Registration date
2025-09-19
Expiry date
2028-09-18

T16 — Treating waste toner and ink cartridges

Treating waste toner or ink cartridges by sorting, cleaning, dismantling or refilling them.

Registration date
2025-09-19
Expiry date
2028-09-18

T2 — Recovering textiles

Cleaning waste clothes and textiles to recover them so they can be reused or recycled.

Registration date
2025-09-19
Expiry date
2028-09-18

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
2025-09-19
Expiry date
2028-09-18

T4 — Preparatory treatments (baling, sorting, shredding etc)

Treating waste to reduce its volume to help transport it to another site for reuse or recycling or make handling easier.

Registration date
2025-09-19
Expiry date
2028-09-18

T6 — Treating waste wood and waste plant matter by chipping, shredding, cutting or pulverising

Chipping, shredding, cutting or pulverising waste wood and waste plant matter to make it easier to store and transport, or converting it into a suitable form to use. The waste treated by these methods must be suitable for its intended use, which can include feedstock for producing products such as panel board, mulch, surfacing tracks (paths and bridleways) or fuel.

Registration date
2025-09-19
Expiry date
2028-09-18

T9 — Recovering scrap metal

Treating scrap metal by sorting, grading, shearing by manual feed, baling, crushing or cutting it with hand-held equipment to make it easier to handle and to help recover it.

Registration date
2025-09-19
Expiry date
2028-09-18

U12 — Using mulch

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

Registration date
2025-09-19
Expiry date
2028-09-18

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
2025-09-19
Expiry date
2028-09-18

U14 — Incorporating ash into soil

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

Registration date
2025-09-19
Expiry date
2028-09-18

U9 — Using waste to manufacture finished goods

Using waste in place of raw materials to manufacture a finished product.

Registration date
2025-09-19
Expiry date
2028-09-18

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