Managing waste

Duty of care

• Make sure you understand your duty of care for waste
• NetRegs: Duty of Care for Waste
• NetRegs: Agricultural waste
• DAERA: Duty of Care

Hazardous/Special waste

• Waste with hazardous properties must be segregated and dealt with as Hazardous/Special waste
• NetRegs: Hazardous/Special Waste
• DAERA: Hazardous Waste
• SEPA: Special Waste

Farm Plastics

•  Find a collection service that will collect your used plastics, including silage wrap and empty plastic containers for recycling or disposal.
• Zero Waste Scotland: Farm plastics 
• SEPA: Farm plastics information leaflet

Composting and AD

• Composting is a way of treating organic waste to yield a valuable fertiliser and soil conditioner. You may be able to carry out this activity under a waste exemption.
• Anaerobic digestion uses materials such as slurry, manure and energy crops such as rye grass or pea to produce methane gas for energy as well as fertiliser.
• NetRegs: Composting
• WRAP NI: PAS100 compost specification
• NetRegs: Anaerobic Digestion
• Information portal on AD
• Zero Waste Scotland: AD

Waste exemptions for agriculture

• A number of waste activities can be carried out on your farm under exemptions from your environmental regulator
• NetRegs: Waste exemptions for agriculture (NI and Scotland)
• DAERA: Waste exemptions for agriculture
• SEPA: Activities exempt from waste managment licencing