The Haz Guide

Separately collected fractions of domestic waste are waste that is, “collected from premises on which it is produced separately from the collection of other wastes from those premises”.

Hazardous wastes brought to HWRCs by members of the public can be regarded as being separately collected from the mixed waste stream; therefore the Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005 apply to such wastes. However, the Regulations do not require that a consignment note should be provided when hazardous domestic waste is removed from the domestic premises and then taken to premises (such as a HWRC) for collection, disposal or recovery. Guidance states that from the time domestic hazardous waste arrives at any, “establishment or undertaking… for collection, disposal or recovery, such wastes will be subject to all the provisions of the Regulations”.

Waste consigned has to be allocated the relevant code that describes the waste and these are defined in the List of Waste (England) Regulations 2005. Most waste deposited at HWRCs is mixed municipal waste, for which the appropriate code is 20 03 01. Municipal wastes that are hazardous are listed with an asterisk and can be either absolute entries or mirror entries. Absolute entries are substances that are always hazardous (e.g. 20 01 19* pesticides). Waste substances listed as mirror entries are hazardous because they contain dangerous substances above certain threshold concentrations (e.g. 20 01 27* paints, inks, adhesives and resins containing dangerous substances). Mirror entries have counterparts that do not contain dangerous substances above the threshold concentrations and are therefore non-hazardous (e.g. 20 01 28 paints, inks, adhesives and resins other than those mentioned in 20 01 27). The following web links provide further information: