SELLAFIELD LIMITED

Organisation or operator: SELLAFIELD LIMITED
Register: Waste Exemptions
Registration reference: WEX479145
Site grid reference: NY 02719 03678
Environment Agency Operational Area: Cumbria and Lancashire
Registration date: 2025-12-04
Expiry date: 2028-12-01

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: 2025-12-04
Expiry date: 2028-12-01

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: 2025-12-04
Expiry date: 2028-12-01

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: 2025-12-04
Expiry date: 2028-12-01

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: 2025-12-04
Expiry date: 2028-12-01

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: 2025-12-04
Expiry date: 2028-12-01

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: 2025-12-04
Expiry date: 2028-12-01

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: 2025-12-04
Expiry date: 2028-12-01

U11 — Spreading waste to benefit non-agricultural land

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

Registration date: 2025-12-04
Expiry date: 2028-12-01

U12 — Using mulch

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

Registration date: 2025-12-04
Expiry date: 2028-12-01

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: 2025-12-04
Expiry date: 2028-12-01

U6 — Using sludge to re-seed a waste water treatment plant

Importing sludge from another waste water treatment plant to re-seed the biological process at a waste water treatment plant.

Registration date: 2025-12-04
Expiry date: 2028-12-01

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Environment Agency Conditional Licence