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Article 2 (3) of the [[Waste Framework Directive]] defines [[Hazardous Waste]] as waste which displays one or more of the hazardous properties listed in Annex III (of the WFD). | |||
The properties of waste which render it hazardous and set out in Annex III of the WFD are: | |||
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! | ! HP Code !! Title !! Description | ||
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| | |HP1 || Explosive || : substances and preparations which may explode under the effect of flame or which are more | ||
sensitive to shocks or friction than dinitrobenzene | sensitive to shocks or friction than dinitrobenzene | ||
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| | | HP2 || Oxidising || substances and preparations which exhibit highly exothermic reactions when in contact with other | ||
substances, particularly flammable substances. | substances, particularly flammable substances. | ||
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| | | HP3 || Highly flammable || liquid substances and preparations having a flash point below 21 °C (including extremely flammable liquids), | ||
or | or | ||
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| | | HP3 || Highly flammable ||substances and preparations which may become hot and finally catch fire in contact with air at ambient | ||
temperature without any application of energy, or | temperature without any application of energy, or | ||
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| | | HP3 || Highly flammable || 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 | and which continue to burn or to be consumed after removal of the source of ignition, or | ||
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| | | HP3 || Highly flammable || gaseous substances and preparations which are flammable in air at normal pressure, or | ||
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| | | HP3 || Highly flammable || substances and preparations which, in contact with water or damp air, evolve highly flammable gases in | ||
dangerous quantities. | dangerous quantities. | ||
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| | | HP3 || Flammable || liquid substances and preparations having a flash point equal to or greater than 21 °C and less than | ||
or equal to 55 °C | or equal to 55 °C | ||
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| | | HP4 || Irritant || non-corrosive substances and preparations which, through immediate, prolonged or repeated contact | ||
with the skin or mucous membrane, can cause inflammation | with the skin or mucous membrane, can cause inflammation | ||
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| | | HP5 || Harmful || substances and preparations which, if they are inhaled or ingested or if they penetrate the skin, may | ||
involve limited health risks | involve limited health risks | ||
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| | | HP6 || 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. | or ingested or if they penetrate the skin, may involve serious, acute or chronic health risks and even death. | ||
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| | | HP7 || Carcinogenic || substances and preparations which, if they are inhaled or ingested or if they penetrate the skin, | ||
may induce cancer or increase its incidence. | may induce cancer or increase its incidence. | ||
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| | |HP8 || Corrosive || substances and preparations which may destroy living tissue on contact. | ||
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| | | HP9 || Infectious || substances and preparations containing viable micro-organisms or their toxins which are known or | ||
reliably believed to cause disease in man or other living organisms | reliably believed to cause disease in man or other living organisms | ||
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| | | HP10 || Toxic for Reproduction || 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. | the skin, may induce non-hereditary congenital malformations or increase their incidence. | ||
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| | | HP11 || 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. | induce hereditary genetic defects or increase their incidence. | ||
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| | | HP12 || - || Waste which releases toxic or very toxic gases in contact with water, air or an acid | ||
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| | | HP13(*) || Sensitising|| substances and preparations which, if they are inhaled or if they penetrate the skin, are capable of | ||
eliciting a reaction of hypersensitization such that on further exposure to the substance or preparation, | eliciting a reaction of hypersensitization such that on further exposure to the substance or preparation, | ||
characteristic adverse effects are produced. | characteristic adverse effects are produced. | ||
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| | | HP14 || Ecotoxic || waste which presents or may present immediate or delayed risks for one or more sectors of the | ||
environment | environment | ||
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| | | HP15 || - || Waste capable by any means, after disposal, of yielding another substance, e.g. a leachate, which possesses any | ||
of the characteristics listed above. | of the characteristics listed above. | ||