The Hazardous Waste Regulations 2005, in line with other recent Environment Agency documents, are placing the emphasis on Waste Producers to classify their waste correctly.

In order to classify a waste you can get the full advice from the EA website - go to their home page here and enter "Technical Guidance WM2 Hazardous Waste" into search box (they keep moving the pages)

To classify the waste  you will need to at the least provide:

• Provide a Description

• Identify an EWC Code

If Hazardous:

• Describe the Physical State

• Identify a Hazard Code

• Describe the Process

• Identify the Chemicals which are hazardous and their concentrations

• You then need to consider if the waste is Hazardous for Carriage (more details here), if so then identify:

  • UN number

  • Class

  • Packaging Group

  • Special Handling Requirements

For Our Customers:

We have introduced a form and online tools to help classify waste - these are on the menus under the heading "How to Classify Waste". We can help existing customers with the classification issues by phone / email.

In order to move waste into our site your will need to have classified the waste and producer a Chemical Recoveries Waste Acceptance Form number (CRWAF) - more details here

The completed CRWAF will meet the requirements to classify waste correctly