CERS admissible

As established by Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, on waste, a hazardous waste is defined as a waste that presents one or more of the hazardous characteristics included in its Annex III. On June 1, 2015, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1357/2014 of December 18, 2014, replacing Annex III of Directive 2008/98/EC entered into force. In this amendment to Annex III, the hazard characteristics “H” are now identified with the codes “HP”. Subsequently, Regulation (EU) 2017/997 of June 8 amended Annex III of Directive 2008/98/EC as regards the hazard characteristic HP 14 (ecotoxic). Thus, according to this regulation, the characteristics of the waste that allow it to be classified as hazardous are those indicated in the following table:

HP Codes

HP 1 Explosive
Corresponds to wastes that, by chemical reaction, can release gases at such a temperature, pressure, and speed that they can cause damage to their surroundings. This includes pyrotechnic wastes, explosive peroxide wastes and explosive self-reactive wastes.

HP 2 Comburent
Corresponds to waste that, usually by releasing oxygen, can cause or facilitate the combustion of other substances.

HP 3 Flammable
Corresponds to any of the following wastes:

• Flammable liquid wastes: liquid wastes with a flash point below 60 °C, or used gas oil, diesel fuels and light heating oils with a flash point between ≥ 55 °C and ≤ 75 °C;
• Pyrophoric flammable liquid or solid wastes: liquid or solid wastes that, even in small quantities, may ignite within 5 minutes of coming into contact with air;
• Flammable solid wastes: solid wastes that ignite easily or that can cause fire or contribute to fire by friction;
• Flammable gaseous waste: gaseous waste that ignites in air at 20 °C and a reference pressure of 101.3 kPa;
• Wastes that react in contact with water: wastes that, in contact with water, release flammable gases in dangerous quantities;
• Other flammable wastes: flammable aerosols, flammable spontaneously heated wastes, flammable organic peroxide wastes and flammable self-reactive wastes.

HP 4 Irritant
skin irritation and eye damage: Corresponds to residues that, when applied, may cause skin irritation or eye damage.

HP 5 Specific Target Organ Toxicity (STOT) / Aspiration Toxicity
Corresponds to residues that may cause specific organ toxicity, either by single or repeated exposure, or that may cause acute toxic effects by aspiration.

HP 6 Acute toxicity
Corresponds to residues that can cause acute toxic effects after oral or dermal administration or as a consequence of inhalation exposure.

HP 7 Carcinogen
Corresponds to residues that induce cancer or increase its incidence.

HP 8 Corrosive
Corresponds to residues that when applied can cause skin corrosion.

HP 9 Infectious
Waste containing viable microorganisms, or their toxins, that are known or have good reason to believe to cause disease in humans or other living organisms.

HP 10 Toxic for reproduction
Corresponds to residues that have adverse effects on the sexual function and fertility of adult men and women, as well as on the development of offspring.

HP 11 Mutagen
Corresponds to residues that can cause a mutation, i.e., a permanent change in the amount or structure of a cell’s genetic material.

HP 12 Release of an acutely toxic gas
Corresponds to wastes that emit gases of acute toxicity (acute toxicity 1, 2 or 3) in contact with water or an acid.

HP 13 Sensitizer
Corresponds to residues containing one or more substances known to have sensitizing effects on the skin or respiratory organs.

HP 14 Ecotoxic
Corresponds to wastes that present or may present immediate or delayed risks to one or more areas of the environment.

HP 15 Wastes that may exhibit one of the above hazard characteristics that the original waste did not exhibit directly
Where a waste contains a substance or substances classified with one of the hazard statements or supplementary hazard statements listed in Table 9, the waste shall be classified as hazardous by HP 15, unless it is in such a form that it will not in any case have explosive or potentially explosive properties.