Glossary:Hazardous waste

‘Hazardous waste’ shall mean any waste as defined in Article 1(4) of Council Directive 91/689/EEC of 12 December 1991 on hazardous waste.

‘Hazardous waste’ means waste which displays one or more of the hazardous properties listed in Annex III of the Waste Framework Directive 2008 for more details see the Annex III of the directive.

Properties of waste which render them hazardous

H1 Explosive

H2 Oxidising

H3-A Highly flammable

H3-B Flammable

H4 Irritant

H5 Harmful

H6 Toxic

H7 Carcinogenic

H8 Corrosive

H9 Infectious

H10 Teratogenic

H11 Mutagenic

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

Notes

1. Attribution of the hazardous properties ‘toxic’ (and ‘very toxic’), ‘harmful’, ‘corrosive’ and ‘irritant’ is made on the basis of the criteria laid down by Annex VI, part I A and part II B, of Council Directive 67/548/EEC18 as amended.

2. With regard to attribution of the properties ‘carcinogenic’, ‘teratogenic’ and ‘mutagenic’, and reflecting the most recent findings, additional criteria are contained in the ‘Guide to the classification and labelling of dangerous substances and preparations’ set out in Part II D of Annex VI to Directive 67/548/EEC as amended.

Test methods

The methods to be used are those described in Annex V to Directive 67/548/EEC as amended.