Environmental Permits
Waste Exemptions

The Royal Horticultural Society

Organisation or operator
The Royal Horticultural Society
Register
Waste Exemptions
Registration reference
WEX473274
Site grid reference
TQ0645858409
Environment Agency Operational Area
Thames
Registration date
2025-09-18
Expiry date
2028-09-17

Exemptions

D7 — Burning waste in the open

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

Registration date
2025-09-18
Expiry date
2028-09-17

S1 — Storing waste in secure containers

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

Registration date
2025-09-18
Expiry date
2028-09-17

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
2025-09-18
Expiry date
2028-09-17

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
2025-09-18
Expiry date
2028-09-17

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
2025-09-18
Expiry date
2028-09-17

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
2025-09-18
Expiry date
2028-09-17

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
2025-09-18
Expiry date
2028-09-17

U12 — Using mulch

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

Registration date
2025-09-18
Expiry date
2028-09-17

Official source

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Environment Agency Conditional Licence