Green waste zero metal content official
Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2015 8:27 pm
I have been in touch with DEFRA and the Environment Agency who have decided that DEFRA should respond and their reply is set out below, they would not be drawn on the build up of chemical residues from break down of paints and chemical residues being absorbed by crops which will see an increase in Human cancers in years to come the research information I sent them is being looked at/ however Green waste should contain ZERO ferrous, non ferrous and medical waste, so I would suggest you contact your permit holders Local Councils and MP's to tell them that DEFRA and the Enviroment Agency are not following their own rules and guidelines please feel free to quote the attached e-mail, the more that do it the better chance you have of saving our hobby and protecting yourself and family members of contracting cancer in the future. its up to you!
Our ref:DWOE367444/MS
4 February 2015
Dear Mr Lee,
Green waste and agricultural land
Thank you for your email of 13 January about green waste and agricultural land. I have been asked to reply.
The recovery and disposal of waste is subject to a system of environmental permitting, the principal aim of which is to protect human health and the environment. In England, applications for environmental permits for waste operations are determined by the Environment Agency under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010. The Environment Agency is also charged with carrying out inspection of permitted facilities and has a range of enforcement powers in the event of harm being caused to human health or the environment.
It is possible in limited instances to apply green waste directly to agricultural land, provided it is only plant tissue waste arising from garden and park waste. Such a waste should not contain ferrous, nonferrous or medical waste. The principle regulatory mechanism by which this can happen is under a Standard Rules SR2010No4 Mobile plant permit for landspreading. Further details on this permit can be found at: http://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio ... -spreading
It is more typical for green waste (including the above mentioned plant tissue and other source segregated biodegradable wastes) to be subjected to a treatment process before being applied to agricultural land. This is typically an aerobic treatment process to produce compost from source segregated biodegradable waste. The treatment process will be subject to regulatory control by the Environment Agency under The Environmental Permitting Regulations 2010. An example of regulatory controls for composting can be found at: http://www.gov.uk/government/collection ... t-of-waste.
The above regulatory mechanism on the treatment of green waste provides a control on the inputs which can go into the composting process. This minimises and controls against the input of ferrous, nonferrous and medical waste. For example, such wastes are not associated with, and so should not be accepted by, an operator who is permitted to treat source segregated biodegradable wastes. Source segregated biodegradable wastes are the only waste inputs allowed into a compost that is intended for spreading onto agricultural land. The Environment Agency is responsible for assessing compliance of an operator’s waste treatment process as detailed in their permit.
The resulting compost, if a waste, can potentially be applied to agricultural land under a Standard Rules SR2010No4 Mobile Plant permit for landspreading. Operators holding a SR2010No4 permit and wishing to spread either plant tissue waste or waste compost from source segregated biodegradable waste have to apply to the Environment Agency for a deployment. This provides the Environment Agency with an assessment of the proposed spreading activity. The Environment Agency has to approve the deployment before the spreading can proceed. The Environment Agency will not approve a deployment if there is reason to believe the waste contains unacceptable inputs (such as medical waste) or contaminants such that it cannot be beneficially spread to land. Environment Agency Guidance on the process of agreeing a deployment can be found in ‘How to comply with your landspreading permit’, TGN EPER 8.01, Version 2, February 2013: http://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio ... l-guidance
The guidance contains advice on minimising the presence of physical, chemical or biological contaminants in compost (for example on pages 110 to 116). More generally, the guidance covers how the Environment Agency assesses the impact of storage and spreading of waste on a site. The impact must be assessed for all sensitive receptors including harm to humans and the activity must not pose a risk to water, air, soil, plants or animals; cause nuisance through noise or odours; or adversely affect the countryside or sites of special interest.
Yours sincerely,
Murry Santry
Defra - Customer Contact Unit
The peron you need to ask about Green Waste and the lack of monitoring is of course the minister responsible and here is her e-mail address be polite and ask her why she is ignoring her own departments zero ferrous non ferrous and clinical waste and will she suspend all dumping until the licensed contracors put in place an auditable quality assurance measures to attain the zero level of metal content in all composted materials to be sold or provided to farmers for spreading on agricultural farm land, also ask her if her department and the Environment Agency will be paying for a clean up of the pollution they have caused or allowed to take place.
You can copy and paste this if you like send it to elizabeth.truss.mp@parliament.uk
(Cut and paste 3 clicks of your mouse can save our hobby simples its over to you)
Our ref:DWOE367444/MS
4 February 2015
Dear Mr Lee,
Green waste and agricultural land
Thank you for your email of 13 January about green waste and agricultural land. I have been asked to reply.
The recovery and disposal of waste is subject to a system of environmental permitting, the principal aim of which is to protect human health and the environment. In England, applications for environmental permits for waste operations are determined by the Environment Agency under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010. The Environment Agency is also charged with carrying out inspection of permitted facilities and has a range of enforcement powers in the event of harm being caused to human health or the environment.
It is possible in limited instances to apply green waste directly to agricultural land, provided it is only plant tissue waste arising from garden and park waste. Such a waste should not contain ferrous, nonferrous or medical waste. The principle regulatory mechanism by which this can happen is under a Standard Rules SR2010No4 Mobile plant permit for landspreading. Further details on this permit can be found at: http://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio ... -spreading
It is more typical for green waste (including the above mentioned plant tissue and other source segregated biodegradable wastes) to be subjected to a treatment process before being applied to agricultural land. This is typically an aerobic treatment process to produce compost from source segregated biodegradable waste. The treatment process will be subject to regulatory control by the Environment Agency under The Environmental Permitting Regulations 2010. An example of regulatory controls for composting can be found at: http://www.gov.uk/government/collection ... t-of-waste.
The above regulatory mechanism on the treatment of green waste provides a control on the inputs which can go into the composting process. This minimises and controls against the input of ferrous, nonferrous and medical waste. For example, such wastes are not associated with, and so should not be accepted by, an operator who is permitted to treat source segregated biodegradable wastes. Source segregated biodegradable wastes are the only waste inputs allowed into a compost that is intended for spreading onto agricultural land. The Environment Agency is responsible for assessing compliance of an operator’s waste treatment process as detailed in their permit.
The resulting compost, if a waste, can potentially be applied to agricultural land under a Standard Rules SR2010No4 Mobile Plant permit for landspreading. Operators holding a SR2010No4 permit and wishing to spread either plant tissue waste or waste compost from source segregated biodegradable waste have to apply to the Environment Agency for a deployment. This provides the Environment Agency with an assessment of the proposed spreading activity. The Environment Agency has to approve the deployment before the spreading can proceed. The Environment Agency will not approve a deployment if there is reason to believe the waste contains unacceptable inputs (such as medical waste) or contaminants such that it cannot be beneficially spread to land. Environment Agency Guidance on the process of agreeing a deployment can be found in ‘How to comply with your landspreading permit’, TGN EPER 8.01, Version 2, February 2013: http://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio ... l-guidance
The guidance contains advice on minimising the presence of physical, chemical or biological contaminants in compost (for example on pages 110 to 116). More generally, the guidance covers how the Environment Agency assesses the impact of storage and spreading of waste on a site. The impact must be assessed for all sensitive receptors including harm to humans and the activity must not pose a risk to water, air, soil, plants or animals; cause nuisance through noise or odours; or adversely affect the countryside or sites of special interest.
Yours sincerely,
Murry Santry
Defra - Customer Contact Unit
The peron you need to ask about Green Waste and the lack of monitoring is of course the minister responsible and here is her e-mail address be polite and ask her why she is ignoring her own departments zero ferrous non ferrous and clinical waste and will she suspend all dumping until the licensed contracors put in place an auditable quality assurance measures to attain the zero level of metal content in all composted materials to be sold or provided to farmers for spreading on agricultural farm land, also ask her if her department and the Environment Agency will be paying for a clean up of the pollution they have caused or allowed to take place.
You can copy and paste this if you like send it to elizabeth.truss.mp@parliament.uk
(Cut and paste 3 clicks of your mouse can save our hobby simples its over to you)