Environmental Permits
Waste Exemptions

PORTERS FARMS (WALPOLE) LIMITED

Organisation or operator
PORTERS FARMS (WALPOLE) LIMITED
Register
Waste Exemptions
Registration reference
WEX440088
Address
HILL HOUSE FARM, PEASENHALL ROAD, WALPOLE, HALESWORTH, IP19 9BQ
Town or locality
HALESWORTH
Postcode
IP19 9BQ
Environment Agency Operational Area
East Anglia
Registration date
2025-03-26
Expiry date
2028-04-23

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
2025-03-26
Expiry date
2028-04-23

D7 — Burning waste in the open

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

Registration date
2025-03-26
Expiry date
2028-04-23

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
2025-03-26
Expiry date
2028-04-23

T10 — Sorting mixed waste

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

Registration date
2025-03-26
Expiry date
2028-04-23

T12 — Manually treating waste

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

Registration date
2025-03-26
Expiry date
2028-04-23

T14 — Crushing and emptying vehicle waste oil filters

Recovering oil from oil filters, then crushing them so they can be transported and recovered.

Registration date
2025-03-26
Expiry date
2028-04-23

T15 — Treating waste aerosol cans

Treating aerosol cans by puncturing or crushing them using specialist treatment equipment so that the metal can be recovered.

Registration date
2025-03-26
Expiry date
2028-04-23

T16 — Treating waste toner and ink cartridges

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

Registration date
2025-03-26
Expiry date
2028-04-23

T17 — Crushing waste fluorescent tubes

Treating waste fluorescent tubes before collection for recovery.

Registration date
2025-03-26
Expiry date
2028-04-23

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
2025-03-26
Expiry date
2028-04-23

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
2025-03-26
Expiry date
2028-04-23

T33 — Recovery of central heating oil by filtration

Filtering central heating oil so that it can be reused.

Registration date
2025-03-26
Expiry date
2028-04-23

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
2025-03-26
Expiry date
2028-04-23

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
2025-03-26
Expiry date
2028-04-23

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
2025-03-26
Expiry date
2028-04-23

U10 — Spreading waste to benefit agricultural land

Spreading specific waste on agricultural land to replace manufactured fertilisers or virgin materials such as agricultural lime used to improve or maintain soil.

Registration date
2025-03-26
Expiry date
2028-04-23

U12 — Using mulch

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

Registration date
2025-03-26
Expiry date
2028-04-23

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
2025-03-26
Expiry date
2028-04-23

U14 — Incorporating ash into soil

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

Registration date
2025-03-26
Expiry date
2028-04-23

U15 — Spreading of pig and poultry ash

Mixing ash from burning pig or poultry carcasses with slurry and/or manure and spreading it on farmland to provide the soil with nutrients.

Registration date
2025-03-26
Expiry date
2028-04-23

U16 — Using depolluted end-of-life vehicles for parts

Reusing parts from depolluted end-of-life vehicles in other vehicles.

Registration date
2025-03-26
Expiry date
2028-04-23

U2 — Use of baled end-of-life tyres in construction

Using a small number of end-of-life tyre bales in construction.

Registration date
2025-03-26
Expiry date
2028-04-23

U3 — Construction of entertainment or educational installations

Groups such as schools, colleges and theatres using waste such as off-cuts of wood creatively.

Registration date
2025-03-26
Expiry date
2028-04-23

U4 — Burning of waste as a fuel in a small appliance

Using waste as fuel to produce heat or power.

Registration date
2025-03-26
Expiry date
2028-04-23

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