Hazardous waste
3. What hazardous wastes to I produce on my farm?
The Environment Agency has identified which farm wastes are hazardous, possibly hazardous and non-hazardous in a table in the publication 'New rules on agricultural waste - your guide to the movement of hazardous agricultural waste'.
Some packaging has hazard warning labels about the package contents. This does not mean that the packaging is automatically considered hazardous waste. You should decide whether the packaging is hazardous by looking it up in the table of hazardous waste types.
Examples of packaging wastes that have these types of labels but are not necessarily hazardous waste include:
- properly emptied, triple rinsed and drained pesticide containers
- non-contaminated pesticide cardboard outer boxes
- emptied, dry and shaken ammonium nitrate fertiliser bags.
Some wastes produced on farms will always be classed as hazardous and must always be disposed of as hazardous waste. These include:
- smoke canisters such as empty rabbit, mole or rat poison containers which contain gassing compounds such as aluminium phosphide
- empty oil containers or any waste oil, other than edible oil.
If you have a waste that is not listed in the table, you can contact the Environment Agency for advice on 08708 502 858.
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