The Hazardous Waste (England and Wales)Regulations 2005 No. 894

Regulation 3(2)(a)(i)

SCHEDULE 1 E+W ANNEX I TO THE HAZARDOUS WASTE DIRECTIVE

 

“ANNEX I E+W CATEGORIES OR GENERIC TYPES OF HAZARDOUS WASTE LISTED ACCORDING TO THEIR NATURE OF THE ACTIVITY WHICH GENERATED THEM (*) (WASTE MAY BE LIQUID, SLUDGE OR SOLID IN FORM)

(*) Certain duplications of entries found in Annex II are intentional.

ANNEX I.A.

Wastes displaying any of the properties listed in Annex III and which consist of:

1.	anatomical substances; hospital and other clinical wastes;
2.	pharmaceuticals, medicines and veterinary compounds;
3.	wood preservatives;
4.	biocides and phyto-pharmaceutical substances;
5.	residue from substances employed as solvents;
6.	halogenated organic substances not employed as solvents excluding inert polymerized materials;
7.	tempering salts containing cyanides;
8.	mineral oils and oily substances (e.g. cutting sludges, etc.);
9.	oil/water, hydrocarbon/water mixtures, emulsions;
10.	substances containing PCBs and/or PCTs (e.g. dielectrics etc.);
11.	tarry materials arising from refining, distillation and any pyrolytic treatment (e.g. still bottoms, etc.);
12.	inks, dyes, pigments, paints, lacquers, varnishes;
13.	resins, latex, plasticizers, glues/adhesives;
14.	chemical substances arising from research and development or teaching activities which are not identified and/or are new and whose effects on man and/or the environment are not known (e.g. laboratory residues, etc.);
15.	pyrotechnics and other explosive materials;
16.	photographic chemicals and processing materials;
17.	any material contaminated with any congener of polychlorinated dibenzofuran;
18.	any material contaminated with any congener of polychlorinated dibenzo-pdioxin.

ANNEX I.B.

Wastes which contain any of the constituents listed in Annex II and having any of the properties listed in Annex III and consisting of:

19.	animal or vegetable soaps, fats, waxes;
20.	non-halogenated organic substances not employed as solvents;
21.	inorganic substances without metals or metal compounds;
25.	metallic dust, powder;
26.	spent catalyst materials;
27.	liquids or sludges containing metals or metal compounds;
28.	residue from pollution control operations (e.g. baghouse dusts, etc.) except (29), (30) and (33);
29.	scrubber sludges;
30.	sludges from water purification plants;
31.	decarbonization residue;
32.	ion-exchange column residue;
33.	sewage sludges, untreated or unsuitable for use in agriculture;
34.	residue from cleaning of tanks and/or equipment;
35.	contaminated equipment;
36.	contaminated containers (e.g. packaging, gas cylinders, etc.) whose contents included one or more of the constituents listed in Annex II;
37.	batteries and other electrical cells;
38.	vegetable oils;
39.	materials resulting from selective waste collections from households and which exhibit any of the characteristics listed in Annex III;
40.	any other wastes which contain any of the constituents listed in Annex II and any of the properties listed in Annex III.
22.	ashes and/or cinders;
23.	soil, sand, clay including dredging spoils;
24.	non-cyanidic tempering salts;”.