In article oprrdbpyh6wxhha1@localhost,
Tim writes:
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| 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 ...".
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| It says in the link this refers to the 2001 amendment of the 1999 order, so
| I'm sure it's in effect now.

The 2001 amendment does not include the exclusions that it refers
to, but is a tightening of the 1999 order to ban the feeding of
catering waste to pigs and pultry (which was permitted by the
1999 order).

| Hang on, what are we talking about here? I was looking for info about how
| far the compost heap should be placed, and to the part of the quote that
| suggested we might need a licence. My comment "I can find no hints at all
| that this might be true....." was not meant to apply to the defra link, but
| the link from the article that I thought I'd put in my post but obviously
| didn't....oops.

Ah. Sorry.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.