How to Classify Waste for Carriage Regulations?


  • The 2005 consignment notes for Hazardous Waste introduce a new requirement to classify the waste according to the following:
     
    • UN number
    • Packaging Group
    • UN Class(es)
    • Proper Shipping Name
    • Special Handling Requirements
  • These categories are intended to match and meet the requirements to classify hazardous goods for carriage. These are known as Carriage of Dangerous Goods Regulations (CDR) and also as Accord européen relatif au transport international des marchandises dangerous par route (ADR) Regulations
     

    How do I keep up to date with CDR and ADR?

    These regulations are regularly updated. They are enforced by the the Health and Safety Executive and not by the Environment agency. The best link to keep you up to date is to be found on the Health and Safety Executive Website below
    • the HSE website has a section dedicated to Carriage of Dangerous Goods Regulations at www.hse.gov.uk/cdg/
       
 
  • Unfortunately the 2 sets of regulations do not always match.

    Firstly the carriage regulations do not list wastes so you need to understand what is the chemical composition of the waste

    Secondly many wastes are hazardous waste but not hazardous for carriage - some examples which are not hazardous for carriage are most lubricating and hydraulic oils, tv monitors, fluorescent tubes.
     

How Can Chemical Recoveries Help with the classification for Carriage?

We can help to classify the waste for waste producers if we are raising the consignment notes.

The Producer will however need to approve the classification and will need to make an assessment in order to help us do this.

A good starting point is to look at the safety data sheets for the raw materials which went into the waste. If they did not change chemical character in the waste production then the same hazards will most likely apply.