How to classify and consign hazardous codes

Hazard Codes are similar to class codes for Carriage and/or Supply -  the codes and their descriptions are detailed below. You can choose more than one hazard codes in order to classify a waste
 
PROPERTIES OF WASTES WHICH RENDER THEM HAZARDOUS

EA Code

Title

Description

Symbol for same hazard under ASL
H1

Explosive

substances and preparations which may explode under the effect of flame or which are more sensitive to shocks or friction than dinitrobenzene.
H2

Oxidizing

substances and preparations which exhibit highly exothermic reactions when in contact with other substances, particularly flammable substances.
H3-A

Highly flammable

  •  liquid substances and preparations having a flash point below 21 ºC (including extremely flammable liquids), or

  • substances and preparations which may become hot and finally catch fire in contact with air at ambient temperature without any application of energy, or

  • solid substances and preparations which may readily catch fire after brief contact with a source of ignition and which continue to burn or to be consumed after removal of the source of ignition, or

  • gaseous substances and preparations which are flammable in air at normal pressure, or

  • substances and preparations which, in contact with water or damp air, evolve highly flammable gases in dangerous quantities.

H3-B

Flammable

liquid substances and preparations having a flash point equal to or greater than 21 ºC and less than or equal to 55 ºC.

H4 Irritant

non-corrosive substances and preparations which, through immediate, prolonged or repeated contact with the skin or mucous membrane, can cause inflammation.
H5 Harmful

substances and preparations which, if they are inhaled or ingested or if they penetrate the skin, may involve limited health risks.
H6 Toxic

substances and preparations (including very toxic substances and preparations) which, if they are inhaled or ingested or if they penetrate the skin, may involve serious, acute or chronic health risks and even death.
H7 Carcinogenic

substances and preparations which, if they are inhaled or ingested or if they penetrate the skin, may induce cancer or increase its incidence.
H8 Corrosive

substances and preparations which may destroy living tissue on contacts.
H9 Infectious

substances containing viable micro-organisms or their toxins which are known or reliably believed to cause disease in man or other living organisms.
H10 Teratogenic

substances and preparations which, if they are inhaled or ingested or if they penetrate the skin, may induce non-hereditary congenital malformations or increase their incidence.

  
H11 Mutagenic

substances and preparations which, if they are inhaled or ingested or if they penetrate the skin, may induce hereditary genetic defects or increase their incidence.

  
H12  

Substances and preparations which release toxic or very toxic gases in contact with water, air or an acid.

  
H13  

Substances and preparations capable by any means, after disposal, of yielding another substance, e.g. a leachate, which possesses any of the characteristics listed above.

  
H14 Ecotoxic

substances and preparations which present or may present immediate or delayed risks for one or more sectors of the environment.