Environmental guidance for your business in Northern Ireland & Scotland
If you are crushing or grinding glazed ceramics with machinery designed for the purpose, then you may need:
You may also need a permit, licence or exemption if you store waste tiles prior to crushing or grinding on site.
The exemption for crushing and grinding would be a paragraph 24 exemption.
If you have an exemption, you must comply with the exemption conditions.
You will need to register this exemption with the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) in Northern Ireland or SEPA in Scotland.
You must still ensure that your activity does not:
NIEA: Paragraph 24 - crushing and grinding of waste bricks, tiles or concrete
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