Environmental Protection Regulation 2019

Organic material processing (the relevant activity) consists of operating a facility for processing, by way of composting or anaerobic digestion, more than 200t of organic material in a year.

The relevant activity does not include—

manufacturing mushroom growing substrate; or

the composting of organic material from agriculture or livestock production if the organic material is either—

composted at the site where it was produced; or

transported to another site, where agriculture or livestock production is carried out, and composted at that site; or

the anaerobic digestion of organic material at a facility—

to which section 63 applies; or

where an activity to which section 3 or 25 applies is carried out; or

the composting of organic material at a site if an activity to which section 2, 3 or 4 applies is carried out at the site.

In the following table, the aggregate environmental score for the relevant activity is the score stated opposite the threshold within which the activity is carried out.

In this section—

animal matter, including, for example, dead animals, animal remains and animal excreta; or

plant matter, including, for example, bark, lawn clippings, leaves, mulch, pruning waste, sawdust, shavings, woodchip and other waste from forest products; or

organic waste.

includes the following—

a substance used for manufacturing fertiliser for agricultural, horticultural or garden use;

animal manure;

biosolids;

cardboard and paper waste;

fish processing waste;

food and food processing waste;

grease trap waste;

green waste;

poultry processing waste;

waste generated from an abattoir; but

does not include—

biosecurity waste; or

clinical or related waste; or

contaminated soil; or

synthetic substances, other than synthetic substances to which paragraph (a)(i) applies.