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1.3.2. Waste from electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)

Commission notice on technical guidance on the classification of waste · European Union

In the LoW, there are two chapters explicitly referring to WEEE: wastes not otherwise specified in the list municipal wastes (household waste and similar commercial, industrial and institutional wastes) including separately collected fractions According to the structure presented in Section 1.1 of this Annex, Chapter 20 of the LoW takes precedence over its chapter 16. In sub-chapter 20 01, separately collected WEEE from municipal waste can be allocated to the following hazardous entries: MNH entries are the following ones: If WEEE arises from a commercial/industrial source and cannot be seen as ‘similar commercial, industrial and institutional waste’, it thus cannot be allocated to an entry of chapter 20. Instead the following MH entries exist in chapter 16: MNH entries are the following ones: If there are more specific entries for the characterisation of certain fractions of WEEE in the LoW, those entries should be used for classification, e.g. batteries and accumulators stemming from WEEE may be allocated to sub-chapter 16 06 (batteries and accumulators). Additionally, different entries apart from chapters 16 and 20 of the LoW will have to be used for fractions generated during the treatment process of WEEE (Figure 3) (9). Please note that the threshold values based on hazard statement codes refer to the state of the waste as it is when the classification of the waste is undertaken (i.e. the state in which it is usually transferred and subsequently managed). For the case of WEEE this might imply that if whole appliances are to be classified, the weight of the appliance has to be considered as basis for the applied concentration limits of hazardous substance. If separated fractions have to be classified (e.g. after selective treatment) the weight of the separated fractions are to be considered as basis for the applied concentration limits.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.