The UBA is closely involved in this process and has submitted recommended changes in the EWL to the EU. The EWL is currently being revised and updated, in light of changes in chemical regulations. The EWL concentration limits are based on chemicals regulation: Directives 67/548/EEC (Dangerous Substances Directive) and 1999/45/EC (Dangerous Preparations Directive), both of which were superseded in 2008 by Regulation No 1272/2008/EC ( CLP - Classification, Labeling and Packaging Regulation). The classifications for the applicable hazard-criteria limit values can be found here (in German). The EWL lays down concentration limits for certain hazard criteria. Apart from hazardous and non-hazardous wastes, the EWL also contains so called mirror entries for waste streams where the hazard criterion is decisive from a legal point of view depending on hazardous substance concentration or hazard properties.Īnnex III to the Directive 2008/98/EC (Waste Framework Directive) defines 15 hazard criteria (H-criteria) that specify the hazardousness of mirror entries. In the EU, waste designations and classifications are governed by Commission Decision 2000/532/EC (European Waste List, EWL) where all wastes that are classified as hazardous have an asterisk next to their waste identification code. Hazardous waste classificationĬlassifying waste according to its hazardousness is an essential element of waste management, as such classifications determine the waste treatment methods and the supporting waste documentation. In Germany certain types of waste with hazardous properties are sometimes reffered to as “Sondermüll” (meaning ‘special waste’), a term for which no clear legal definition exists in German law.
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