Food waste management

You will need an environmental permit if you reuse, recover or treat any of your waste.

However, in some cases, lower risk, small scale and less polluting activities may be exempt from permitting. These activities are known as exemptions.

When you have completed this section you will know:

• what an exemption is
• the basic requirements if you operate under an exemption
• the most common exemptions used in food and drink processing
• how to register an exemption.

It should take you less than 15 minutes to complete this section.

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