Waste Management Licence Former Exemptions: Archived Activities in England and Wales

Archived data on activities formerly exempt from Waste Management Licences in England and Wales, as required by Schedule 3 of the 1994 regulations. The dataset is retired and superseded by new exemptions that came into force in April 2010. Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015.

Use Cases

• Analyzing historical regulatory frameworks based on the listed exemption categories.
• Tracking changes in waste management policy by comparing this retired list with current exemptions.
• Studying the scope of activities like waste burning or storage that were previously exempt from licensing.

Strengths

• Provides a specific historical snapshot of regulatory exemptions under the 1994 Waste Management Licensing Regulations.
• Lists concrete example activities such as burning waste as fuel and secure storage of waste.

Limitations

• Dataset is explicitly retired and archived; data is not current for operational use.
• Row count, column definitions, and file formats are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data structure and quality require manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Environment Agency, provided via Government Digital Service on eu_open_data.

Collection Method

Likely compiled from regulatory records as required by Schedule 3 of the Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994.

Time Range

Covers the period when the 1994 regulations (as amended) were in effect, prior to April 2010.

Freshness

Last updated date is unknown; data is archived and superseded as of April 2010.

Geography

England and Wales.