The T8 Exemption was created to allow small businesses to get a foothold in the market. It was never planned to be a platform for business to evade environmental permitting
The idea of an Exemption from Permitting is sound, if it allows small businesses to access material and markets and become established, either as a small craft business, or as a collector or processor looking to supply a third party with materials. It also allowed some larger operators to have separate storage and baling plants, for example, without that site needing full permitting. It should have been a positive elem...
