Lots. There are Lots of Waste Exemptions are Registered in England?
There are 416,208 Waste Exemptions Registered in England as of 2024.
What is an Exemption?
A waste exemption in this context is a waste exemption from the Environmental Permitting Regulations. If you meet the requirements of an waste permit exemption then you will not have to undertake an environmental permit application.
Show me Some Numbers!
OK, here you go . . . . (Summaries if you scroll down to next chapter).
| Paragraph | Not on a farm | On a farm | Total |
| D1 | 1,276 | 24,214 | 25,490 |
| D2 | 79 | 149 | 228 |
| D3 | 175 | 2,180 | 2,355 |
| D4 | 301 | 9,121 | 9,422 |
| D5 | 270 | 406 | 676 |
| D6 | 968 | 5,050 | 6,018 |
| D7 | 6,225 | 37,746 | 43,971 |
| D8 | 69 | 274 | 343 |
| S1 | 5,617 | 9,672 | 15,289 |
| S2 | 12,009 | 14,930 | 26,939 |
| S3 | 302 | 26,935 | 27,237 |
| T1 | 589 | 6,772 | 7,361 |
| T10 | 1,701 | 2,158 | 3,859 |
| T11 | 606 | 3 | 609 |
| T12 | 1,157 | 824 | 1,981 |
| T13 | 325 | 920 | 1,245 |
| T14 | 188 | 2,530 | 2,718 |
| T15 | 615 | 507 | 1,122 |
| T16 | 188 | 223 | 411 |
| T17 | 147 | 314 | 461 |
| T18 | 80 | 170 | 250 |
| T19 | 107 | 324 | 431 |
| T2 | 494 | 237 | 731 |
| T20 | 210 | 253 | 463 |
| T21 | 469 | 253 | 722 |
| T23 | 1,666 | 6,838 | 8,504 |
| T24 | 62 | 860 | 922 |
| T25 | 90 | 371 | 461 |
| T26 | 161 | 403 | 564 |
| T27 | 44 | 885 | 929 |
| T28 | 12,748 | 349 | 13,097 |
| T29 | 60 | 1,017 | 1,077 |
| T30 | 79 | 136 | 215 |
| T31 | 50 | 115 | 165 |
| T32 | 78 | 2,452 | 2,530 |
| T33 | 57 | 218 | 275 |
| T4 | 3,482 | 4,096 | 7,578 |
| T5 | 1,868 | 3,659 | 5,527 |
| T6 | 3,469 | 17,842 | 21,311 |
| T8 | 458 | 692 | 1,150 |
| T9 | 2,590 | 4,160 | 6,750 |
| U1 | 12,599 | 33,519 | 46,118 |
| U10 | 886 | 30,654 | 31,540 |
| U11 | 1,422 | 2,647 | 4,069 |
| U12 | 2,031 | 8,851 | 10,882 |
| U13 | 1,452 | 14,791 | 16,243 |
| U14 | 481 | 8,181 | 8,662 |
| U15 | 79 | 2,979 | 3,058 |
| U16 | 381 | 990 | 1,371 |
| U2 | 243 | 2,278 | 2,521 |
| U3 | 338 | 540 | 878 |
| U4 | 1,397 | 10,864 | 12,261 |
| U5 | 197 | 1,294 | 1,491 |
| U6 | 192 | 436 | 628 |
| U7 | 60 | 229 | 289 |
| U8 | 1,634 | 21,083 | 22,717 |
| U9 | 722 | 1,371 | 2,093 |
Analysis
Over 2 thirds of these exemptions (330,000) are registered on Farms. (Please note this mean they are registered on a “holding” which may or may not be a working farm).
Roughly one third (164,000) are for the “use” of waste. Such as inert waste being used to build a track.
69,000 Approx are for the storage of waste.
Despite there being a wide variety of “T” class exemptions these only make up around 10% of the registered exemptions.
Roughly equal in there popularity exemptions D7 & U1 are by far the mostly popular. So what are they?
D7 Exemption (44,000 Registrations)
D7 waste exemption: burning plant and untreated wood waste at place of production
The D7 exemption allows you to burn plant tissue and untreated wood waste from joinery or manufacturing in the open air.
U1 Exemption (46,000 Registrations)
U1 waste exemption: using waste in construction
The U1 exemption allows you to use suitable waste in construction as a waste recovery activity.