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Hazardous Waste is waste that appears in the [[List of Waste (England) Regulations 2005]], as amended, as a six-digit [[EWC]] code with an asterisk e.g.16 06 01*. Wastes are generally hazardous if they contain or exhibit properties which are hazardous to human health or the environment e.g. toxic, corrosive, mutagenic etc ([[Hazardous Properties]]). Hazardous Waste requires specialist handling and treatment as defined within the [[Waste Framework Directive]] (2008/98/EC) and the transposed Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2012, as amended. | Hazardous Waste is defined within Art 3(2) of the [[Waste Framework Directive]] (WFD) as waste which displays one or more of the hazardous properties listed in Annex III (of the WFD). | ||
Furthermore, Hazardous Waste is waste that appears in the [[List of Waste (England) Regulations 2005]], as amended, as a six-digit [[EWC]] code with an asterisk e.g.16 06 01*. Wastes are generally hazardous if they contain or exhibit properties which are hazardous to human health or the environment e.g. toxic, corrosive, mutagenic etc ([[Hazardous Properties]]). Hazardous Waste requires specialist handling and treatment as defined within the [[Waste Framework Directive]] (2008/98/EC) and the transposed Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2012, as amended. | |||
Revision as of 08:06, 1 December 2020
Hazardous Waste is defined within Art 3(2) of the Waste Framework Directive (WFD) as waste which displays one or more of the hazardous properties listed in Annex III (of the WFD).
Furthermore, Hazardous Waste is waste that appears in the List of Waste (England) Regulations 2005, as amended, as a six-digit EWC code with an asterisk e.g.16 06 01*. Wastes are generally hazardous if they contain or exhibit properties which are hazardous to human health or the environment e.g. toxic, corrosive, mutagenic etc (Hazardous Properties). Hazardous Waste requires specialist handling and treatment as defined within the Waste Framework Directive (2008/98/EC) and the transposed Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2012, as amended.