§1.2 Identifying the appropriate entry

To classify a waste it is essential that all possible efforts are made to identify: — its source (the specific process or activity that produced it); — its type (or types, if mixed). Once you have this information you need to consider the entire list of waste, and follow the instructions set out below. Selecting the most appropriate entry for the waste from the overall available 842 entries on the LoW is a complex exercise. First, the whole list must be considered entirely and the waste must fit to the finally selected entry, sub-chapter and chapter as described in the example for entry 20 01 02 in the previous chapter. The design of the list means that you may identify more than one entry; hence you will have to further use the assessment steps in Chapter 3.2 to select the most appropriate entry. Chapter and sub-chapter titles limit the scope of sub-chapters and entries within, and may also include specific exclusions. It is important that these titles are checked, before selecting entries. A flow chart (Annex 1, Figure 1) is provided to guide you through this process, and should be used in conjunction with the instructions. This is a stepwise process that may require several iterations. Step A1: The first step is to: — Compare the specific process or activity that produced the waste to the titles of chapters 01 to 12 and 17 to 20. If the process or activity falls within the scope of one or more chapter titles, then look at the sub-chapter titles within. — If the process or activity fits within the scope of a chapter and subchapter title, then you look in that sub-chapter for an entry that clearly fits the specific type of waste. — At this stage, the general entry XX XX 99 should not be used. — If you cannot find a suitable entry (or entries) proceed to step A2. Specific process or activity The process or activity is not the general industry or business type. A business may need to classify each its activities or process stages in different chapters. For example, a car manufacturing process may find certain wastes from its different process stages in Chapters 12 (wastes from shaping and surface treatment of metals), 11 (inorganic wastes containing metals from metal treatment and the coating of metals) and 08 (wastes from the use of coatings). Step A2: The second step is to: — Compare the specific type of waste to the titles of chapters 13 to 15. If the waste type falls within the scope of one or more chapter titles, then look at the sub-chapter titles within. — If the waste type fits within the scope of a chapter and subchapter title, then you look in that sub-chapter for an entry that clearly fits the specific type of waste. — You may use the general entry XX XX 99 if appropriate — If you cannot find a suitable entry (or entries) proceed to step A3. The assignment of such a general XX XX 99 code has to be of last resort and should be avoided as far as possible. Step A3: The third step is to: — Check if the waste falls within the scope of a sub-chapter title in in chapter 16. — If the waste type fits within the scope of a subchapter title, then you look in that sub-chapter for an entry that clearly fits the specific type of waste. — If you cannot find a suitable entry (or entries) proceed to step A4 Step A4: The final step is to: — Return to step A1 and assign the general entry XX XX 99 from a chapter and subchapter that fits the process or activity that produced the waste. — Before assigning a XX XX 99 ensure that steps A1 to A3 have been considered. When completing the steps A1 to A4, either an AH or ANH entry or the most appropriate mirror entries should be assigned to the waste in question. In the latter case it is necessary to proceed with step 3 (cf. Chapter 3.2) of the classification procedure in order to finally decide whether to assign the MH or the MNH entry. The flow chart provided in Annex 1, Figure 1 is only meant to give support in assigning the most appropriate entry or mirror entry pair to a given waste stream; it should be noted that the process of classification should be seen as a step wise process that may require several iterations. The following sections aim at providing further assistance in this context: — in Section 1.2.1, an annotated version of the LoW is enclosed; — Section 1.3 contains specific examples of complex entries that serve to illustrate the classification procedure; — Section 1.4 shows examples of the classification of specific constituents of certain waste types. The classification of mixed waste Where more than one waste type is present, each would need to be considered separately. This ensures that any items or batches of hazardous waste: — are not erroneously classified as non-hazardous by mixing (diluting) it with other wastes (see Article 7 (4) of the WFD); — are identified in time to prevent them being mixed with other wastes, e.g. in a bin, bag, stockpile or skip (see Article 18 of the WFD). Only mixed municipal waste from domestic households is exempt from these requirements. The list provides a small number of entries for mixed waste. As a general rule (to meet WFD mixing criteria) these are for wastes from businesses that are produced by a process as a single mixed waste. They are not for wastes (or items of waste) that are produced separately and subsequently combined with other wastes (for example being placed in the same container).

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