Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
Depositing diseased crops where they were grown, when a Plant Health Notice has been issued. This is to reduce the risk of spreading plant diseases or pests.
Burning plant tissue and untreated wood waste from joinery or manufacturing in the open air.
Treating waste to reduce its volume to help transport it to another site for reuse or recycling or make handling easier.
Guidance on preparatory treatments (baling, sorting, shredding etc) (opens in new tab)
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.
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.
Spreading specific waste on agricultural land to replace manufactured fertilisers or virgin materials such as agricultural lime used to improve or maintain soil.
Guidance on spreading waste to benefit agricultural land (opens in new tab)
Using waste as fuel to produce heat or power.
Guidance on burning of waste as a fuel in a small appliance (opens in new tab)