What wastes does the prohibition apply to?
The following wastes are referred to in the regulation as residue wastes and must not be applied to land for a purpose related to growing vegetation: • fly ash or bottom ash from any furnace • lime or gypsum residues from any industrial or manufacturing process • residues from any industrial or manufacturing process that involves the processing of mineral sand • substances that have been used as catalysts in any oil refining or other chemical process • foundry sands and foundry filter bag residues • residues from any industrial or manufacturing process that involves the refining or processing of metals or metallic products • any waste that is hazardous waste, industrial waste or Group A waste (as defined in the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997, Schedule 1, Part 3, Division 2: Special interpretative provisions relating to waste.)
