N Hetherington & Son

Organisation or operator: N Hetherington & Son
Register: Waste Exemptions
Registration reference: WEX439090
Site grid reference: NZ 33498 21393
Environment Agency Operational Area: North East
Registration date: 2025-03-24
Expiry date: 2028-03-23

Exemptions

D2 — Depositing waste from a railway sanitary convenience

Where older rolling stock, for example parts of a vintage steam train, has not or cannot be fitted with appropriate collection facilities, this exemption allows it to deposit sanitary waste onto tracks.

Registration date: 2025-03-24
Expiry date: 2028-03-23

D4 — Depositing agricultural waste consisting of plant tissue under a Plant Health Notice

Depositing diseased crops where they were grown, when a Plant Health Notice has been issued. This is to reduce the risk of spreading plant diseases or pests.

Registration date: 2025-03-24
Expiry date: 2028-03-23

D5 — Depositing waste samples for testing or analysis

Depositing and storing waste samples, where they are required to comply with or enforce specified regulations, or before testing and analysis for research.

Registration date: 2025-03-24
Expiry date: 2028-03-23

D6 — Disposal by incineration

Disposing of small amounts of specific waste that have been produced on your site, in an incinerator.

Registration date: 2025-03-24
Expiry date: 2028-03-23

T25 — Anaerobic digestion at premises not used for agriculture and burning resulting biogas

Treating food and other biodegradable waste by anaerobic digestion to produce a digestate, which can be used to benefit land. The gas produced (biogas) must be used for generating energy.

Registration date: 2025-03-24
Expiry date: 2028-03-23

T26 — Treatment of kitchen waste in a wormery

Very small-scale treatment of waste from kitchens using a wormery to produce compost. The compost can be spread on land to add nutrients or to improve the structure of the soil.

Registration date: 2025-03-24
Expiry date: 2028-03-23

T28 — Sort and denature controlled drugs for disposal

Pharmacies and other similar places complying with the requirements of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 by denaturing controlled drugs (making them unsuitable for consumption).

Registration date: 2025-03-24
Expiry date: 2028-03-23

T29 — Treatment of non-hazardous pesticide washings by carbon filtration for disposal

Treating non-hazardous pesticide washings before disposing of them to land. Pesticide washings treated this way are less likely to damage the environment when discharged to land compared to untreated pesticide washings.

Registration date: 2025-03-24
Expiry date: 2028-03-23

T30 — Recovery of silver

Recovering silver from waste produced in connection with printing or photographic processes.

Registration date: 2025-03-24
Expiry date: 2028-03-23

T31 — Recovery of monopropylene glycol from aircraft antifreeze fluids

Airports treating waste antifreeze to recover monopropylene glycol.

Registration date: 2025-03-24
Expiry date: 2028-03-23

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: 2025-03-24
Expiry date: 2028-03-23

T33 — Recovery of central heating oil by filtration

Filtering central heating oil so that it can be reused.

Registration date: 2025-03-24
Expiry date: 2028-03-23

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Environment Agency Conditional Licence