Environmental guidance for your business in Northern Ireland & Scotland
Carrying out waste disposal activities on your site may require a:
You may qualify for an exemption to chip, shred, cut or pulverise waste plant material if:
The exemption you may require is a paragraph 21 exemption.
You must register this exemption with your environmental regulator.
You must still ensure that your activity does not:
DAERA: Paragraph 21 - Chipping, shredding, cutting or pulverising plant matter
SEPA: Waste management licensing exemptions
If you are shredding waste plant material in several locations on an extended site, for example a motorway embankment, you can register a single exemption for the work.
Groundwater in Northern Ireland, DAERA have produced a leaflet to raise awareness about this untapped resource
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