MDF Green Waste on Agricultural Land Illegal!!

Green waste containing treated MDF, Fibreboard, Woodchip, Metals, etc cannot be used on agriculral land under exemption U10, U11 and U13 

Mulch 

Codes 

Waste types 

020103, 191207, 200201 

Untreated wood and plant matter 

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/static/documents/Business/U12_Use_of_mulch.pdf 

Spreading of plant matter to confer benefit 

Codes 

Waste types 

020103, 020107, 020304, 200201 

Plant tissue only 

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/static/documents/Business/U13_Spreading_of_plant_matter_to_confer_benefit.pdf 

Spreading waste on agricultural land to confer benefit 

Codes 

Waste types 

010102, 010408, 170504, 020106, 020401, 020399, 020199, 100101, 170506, 020199, 190599, 190604, 190812 

Chalk only 

Farmyard and horse manure only 

Soil from cleaning and washing fruit and vegetables only 

Milk from agricultural premises only 

Ash from wood chip boilers produced pursuant to an operation described in the paragraph numbered U4 in this chapter only 

Dredging spoil (other than those mentioned in 170505) generated from the creation or maintenance of habitats, ditches or ponds within parks, gardens, fields and forests only 

Spent compost from the growing of mushrooms only 

Compost produced pursuant to a treatment described in the paragraph numbered T23 or T26 of Chapter 2 only 

Digestate produced pursuant to a treatment described in the paragraph numbered T24 or T25 of Chapter 2 only 

Waste consisting of biobed or biofilter material produced pursuant to a treatment described in the paragraph numbered T32 of Chapter 2 only 

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/static/documents/Business/U10_Spreading_waste_on_agricultural_land_to_confer_benefit(1).pdf 

THE LEGISLATION 

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2010/9780111491423/schedule/3