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Commission notice on technical guidance on the classification of waste

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Commission notice on technical guidance on the classification of waste

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1. Background

1.2. To whom is the guidance addressed?

1.3. How to read the guidance?

2. LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK

2.1. Waste Legislation

2.1.1. Waste Framework Directive (WFD)

2.1.2. European List of Waste (LoW)

2.1.3. Waste Shipment Regulation (WSR)

2.1.4. Landfill Directive

2.1.5. Directive on waste from the extractive industries (Extractive Waste Directive)

2.1.6. REACH Regulation

2.1.7. Classification Labelling Packaging (CLP) Regulation

2.1.8. Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) Regulation

2.1.9. Seveso III Directive

3. PROCEDURES FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF WASTE

3.1. General approach to the classification of waste

3.1.1. Step 1: Is the WFD applicable?

3.1.2. Step 2: Which entry of the List of Waste is applicable?

3.2. Assignment of MH or MNH entry

3.2.1. Step 3: Is sufficient knowledge on the composition of the waste available to determine if it displays hazardous properties either by calculating or testing in line with Step 4?

3.2.2. Step 4: Does the waste display any of the hazardous properties HP1 to HP15?

3.2.3. Step 5: Is it likely or known that the waste contains any of the POPs indicated in in the Annex to the LoW (point 2, indent 3)?

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Annotated List of Waste

1.1. Structure of the LoW

Order of precedence for LoW chapters as laid down in the LoW

Types of LoW entries

— Absolute hazardous (AH) entry

— Absolute non-hazardous (ANH) entry

— Mirror entry

1.2. Identifying the appropriate entry

1.2.1. Annotated List of Waste

1.3. Examples of the classification of complex entries

1.3.1. Packaging waste and contents

1.3.2. Waste from electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)

1.3.3. End-of-life vehicles (ELV)

1.4. Examples for the assessment of specific constituents of specific waste types

1.4.1. Organic constituents and specific chemical compounds

General information

Aspects to be considered for waste classification

1.4.2. Substances that deplete the ozone layer

General information

Applicable entries of the LoW

Aspects to be considered for waste classification

1.4.3. Asbestos

General information

Applicable entries of the LoW

Aspects to be considered for waste classification

1.4.4. Wastes containing CaO and Ca(OH)2

General information

Applicable entries of the LoW

Aspects to be considered for waste classification

1.4.5. Wastes containing coal tar and bitumen

General information

Applicable entries of the LoW

Aspects to be considered for waste classification (27)

1.4.6. Metals and alloys

Applicable entries of the LoW

Aspects to be considered for waste classification

1.4.7. Organic peroxides

General information

Applicable entries of the LoW

Aspects to be considered for waste classification

1.4.8. Rubber wastes

General information

Applicable entries of the LoW

Aspects to be considered for waste classification

1.4.9. Plastic wastes

General information

Applicable entries of the LoW

Plastic packaging

Plastic waste from construction and demolition

Plastic waste from automotive applications

Aspects to be considered for waste classification

1.4.10. POP wastes

General information

Aspects to be considered for waste classification

Data sources and information basis on hazardous substances

2.1 Classification of substances as hazardous according to the CLP Regulation

2.1.1 Harmonised classification of substances

2.1.2 Self-classifications

2.1.3 The C&L Inventory as research tool

2.2 Information on composition, properties and waste management of substances/ mixtures becoming waste

2.3 Other information sources

Specific approaches to determine hazard properties (HP 1 to HP 15)

3.1. Determining HP 1: Explosive

Definition and further description of Annex III to WFD

3.2. Determining HP 2: Oxidising

Definition and further description of Annex III to WFD

Calculation method for oxidising gases

3.3. Determining HP 3: Flammable

Definition and further description of Annex III to WFD

Calculation method for HP 3 (fifth indent)

Examples of substances which may cause a waste to exhibit HP 3 Flammable (fifth indent) and their threshold concentrations (6)

3.4. Determining HP 4: Irritant — skin irritation and eye damage

Definition and further description of Annex III to WFD

3.5. Determining HP 5: Specific Target Organ Toxicity (STOT) / Aspiration Toxicity

Definition and further description of Annex III to WFD

3.6. Determining HP 6: Acute Toxicity

Definition and further description of Annex III to WFD

3.7. Determining HP 7: Carcinogenic

Definition and further description of Annex III to WFD

3.8. Determining HP 8: Corrosive

Definition and further description of Annex III to WFD

3.9. Determining HP 9: Infectious

Definition and further description of Annex III to WFD

Remarks on the assessment process for HP 9

3.10. Determining HP 10: Toxic for reproduction

Definition and further description of Annex III to WFD

3.11. Determining HP 11: Mutagenic

Definition and further description of Annex III to WFD

3.12. Determining HP 12: Release of an acute toxic gas

Definition and further description of Annex III to WFD

Calculation method

Examples of substances which may cause a waste to exhibit HP 12 and their threshold concentrations (36)

3.13. Determining HP 13: Sensitising

Definition and further description of Annex III to WFD

3.14. Determining HP 14: Ecotoxic

Definition and further description of Annex III to WFD

In the period 1 June 2015 to 5 July 2018:

As of 5 July 2018 — Definition and further description of Annex III to WFD, as amended by Council Regulation (EU) 2017/997

3.15. Determining HP 15: Waste capable of exhibiting a hazardous property listed above not directly displayed by the original waste

Definition and further description of Annex III to WFD

Sampling and chemical analysis of waste

4.1.1. Sampling framework

4.1.2. Sampling methodology

4.1.3. Sampling standards for different waste types

4.1.4. Sampling strategies to deal with homogeneity/ heterogeneity

4.1.5. Statistical approach of sampling

4.2. Chemical analysis of waste

4.2.1. Realistic worst case substances

4.2.2. Generic entries

Sources and external references