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| EWC code | Description | Restrictions |
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| 10 11 03 | Waste lass-based fibrous material | Only without organic binder |
| 15 01 07 | Glass packaging | |
| 17 01 01 | Concrete | |
| 17 01 02 | Bricks | |
| 17 01 03 | Tiles and ceramics | |
| 17 01 07 | Mixtures of concrete, bricks, tiles, ceramics | |
| 17 02 02 | Glass | |
| 17 05 04 | Soils and stones | Excluding topsoil, peat, soil and stones from contaminated sites |
| 19 12 05 | Glass | |
| 20 01 02 | Glass | Separately collected glass |
| 20 02 02 | Soil and stones | Only from garden and parks waste, excluding topsoil, peat. |
These wastes are acceptable if:
- they are a single-stream waste of a single waste type and are from a single source
- they are not contaminated and do not contain other material or substances such as metals, asbestos, plastics, chemicals etc. Some forms of inert waste may be used for engineering purposes within the landfill. It may also be used as cover medium for other waste types.
Depending upon the type and quality inert waste can also be used for a range of restoration purposes.
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Landfills are classified according to whether they can accept hazardous, non-hazardous or inert waste. This classification is integral to each landfill’s PPC permit/waste management license. Therefore, in order to prevent the co-disposal of waste (banned since July 2004) and to comply with the waste license as issued by the Environment Agency, it is important that the waste is classified correctly.
The definition of inert waste according to Regulation 7(4) of the Landfill Regulations
2002 is waste that:
• Will not undergo any significant physical, chemical or biological
transformations
• Will not dissolve
• Will not burn
• Will not physically or chemically react
• Will not biodegrade
• Will not adversely affect other matter with which it comes into contact in a way likely to give rise to environmental pollution or harm to human health
• Has insignificant total leachability and pollutant content
• Produces a leachate with an ecotoxicity that is insignificant
(if it produces leachate).
For inert landfills, there is a limited list of wastes that are deemed to meet the criteria for inert waste
Inert waste