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==[[Waste]] containing Asbestos==

The Waste Classification: Guidance on the classification and assessment of waste - Technical Guidance WM3 <ref name="WM3">[https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1021051/Waste_classification_technical_guidance_WM3.pdf/ Waste Classification Guidance on the classification and assessment of waste - Technical Guidance WM3]</ref> provides guidance and examples to show how [[waste]] classification and assessment is applied to [[Construction and Demolition Waste|construction and demolition waste]] and [[waste]] [[soil]].

The Waste Classification: Guidance on the classification and assessment of waste - Technical Guidance WM3 <ref name="WM3">[https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1021051/Waste_classification_technical_guidance_WM3.pdf/ Waste Classification Guidance on the classification and assessment of waste - Technical Guidance WM3]</ref> document provides guidance and examples to show how [[waste]] classification and assessment is applied to [[Construction and Demolition Waste|construction and demolition waste]] and [[waste]] [[soil]].

All forms of asbestos are classisifed in the same way in a harmonised entry in the [[Wikipedia:CLP Regulation|Classification and Labelling Inventory]] as:

*Carc. Cat 1A, H350, and

*STOT RE1; H372**

The assessment of [[waste]] containing asbestos considers both the presence of asbestos as<ref name="WM3" />:

* fibres that are free and dispersed, and

*identifiable pieces of asbestos containing material

If the [[waste]] contains fibres that are free and dispersed then the waste will be [[Hazardous Waste|hazardous]] if the [[waste]] as a whole contains 0.1% or more asbestos

If the [[waste]] contains any identifiable pieces of suspected asbestos containing material (ACM) it must be assessed as that set out below. this would alos apply to any dispersed fibres produced by deliberately breaking up such identifiable pieces<ref name="WM3" />.

Where the waste contains identifiable pieces of asbestos containing material (ACN) (i.e. any particle of a size that can be identified as potentially being asbestos by a competent person if examined by the naked eye), then these pieces must be assessed separately. The waste is hazardous if the concentration of asbestos in the piece of asbestos containing material is 0.1% or more. The waste is regarded as a mixed waste and classified accordingly (see example 1 for advice on how to apply list of waste codes to mixed waste). The following codes should be assigned to the asbestos waste as appropriate<ref name="WM3" />:

* 17 06 05* construction material containing asbestos

* 17 06 01* Insulation material containing asbestos

17 06 05* would normally be used in preference to 17 06 01* for the asbestos in asbestos contaminated [[Soil|soils]]

==References==