Agricultural waste management

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What agricultural wastes do I produce on my farm? Any waste which you produce on your farm as part of your farming activities will be agricultural waste. There is no definitive list of agricultural waste. Even if you can use the waste in some way or it has a value to another person, it can still be classed as waste. For example, scrap metal has a value to the scrap metal dealer, but it is a waste. As long as manure and slurry is used as a fertiliser on agricultural land then it will not be a waste. Here are some common examples that can be waste when you get rid of them (or need to get rid of them, for example out of date medicines):

Animal health products Animal health treatments, swabs and dressings (used and unused), used sheep dip, syringes (used and unused) and medicines.

Building waste Plasterboard, gypsum, bricks, concrete, wood, glass, metal, soils, stone, tiles, asbestos, roof and wall sheeting.

Cardboard and paper Packaging, feed bags, cores for silage wrap, seed bags and silage wrap boxes.

Hazardous waste Agrochemical concentrates, antifreeze, asbestos (all forms), lead acid batteries, brake fluids, oils and fluorescent light tubes.

Metal, wood, glass and rubber Hedge trimmings, tree prunings, oil drums, scrap wood (eg fence posts), paint tins, sawdust, wood shavings, pallets, aerosols, animal-health glass, empty gas cylinders, agrochemical containers and wire.

Non-packaging plastic Bale twine, net wrap, tree guards, cores for silage wrap, greenhouse and tunnel film, mulch film, crop cover, fleeces, horticultural plastics and silage plastic.

Other types of waste Ash, textiles and portable toilet waste

Plastic packaging Feed bags, animal-health packaging, fertiliser bags, agrochemical containers, seed bags, feed bags and general plastic packaging.

Vehicle and machinery waste Antifreeze, batteries, brake pads, oil filters, tyres, redundant vehicles and machinery, hydraulic oils, engine/gear/lubricating oils and waste fuels.