Updated: Added to ‘details’ section: You can apply online for most standard rules environmental permits.
These standard rules allow you to operate a metal recycling site at a specified location.
Using hand-held equipment only, these rules permit the following activities for ferrous metals or alloys and non-ferrous metals for recovery:
- sorting
- separation
- grading
- shearing
- baling
- compacting
- granulating of cables
- cutting
The total quantity of waste that can be accepted at a site under these rules must be less than 25,000 tonnes a year.
The rules will not permit the burning of any waste, either in the open, inside buildings or in any form of incinerator.
You can apply online for most standard rules environmental permits.
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