In article oprrc8yshiwxhha1@localhost,
Tim writes:
|
| and :
| Q4. Do I need a License to compost at home?
|
| No. Householders are excluded from the requirement to have a waste
| management license for a composting site. This requirement only applies to
| "establishments and undertakings". The amended Animal By-products Order
| will also exempt domestic households from the need to be licensed by the
| State Veterinary Service to compost catering/kitchen waste.

In a word, "crap". The 1999 order makes composting of any animal
products illegal - the correct answer to the question is "yes". The
correct question to which the answer is "no" is "Will I need ...".

| http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/...cs/kitchen.htm

It isn't a major point, but this document attempts to hide the fact
that the Animal Byproducts Order 1999 was a balls-up.

| I can find no hints at all that this might be true. I can conceivably see
| the reg. being applied to commercial composting companies.

Look at the actual Statutory Instrument - I found it quickly using
Google. From 1999 onwards, the situation was as I described.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.