Ms Mary Gurrie:

I refer to Deputy Stanley's question about the threshold for licensing or permitting. I am afraid that there is no simple answer. All of the different types of waste activities have different thresholds for whether they need a certificate of registration, a permit or a licence and there is a complex decision tree available on our website which sets out all of the different categories. It is SI 86 of 2008 that sets it but as a rule of thumb, 50,000 tonnes of waste per annum is the threshold for a municipal, commercial, industrial waste type facility is the threshold per annum. Recovery requires a facility permit and the threshold is higher than that for more disposal or in the case of incinerators or landfills, EPA licensing is required. The threshold is roughly 50,000 tonnes therefore.