Collection and transport of hazardous waste

✓ Pollution prevention

1. Hazardous waste is source segregated and collected separately from non-hazardous waste to prevent cross-contamination. Appropriate measures are taken to ensure that during separate collection and transport, hazardous waste is not mixed nor diluted either with other categories of hazardous waste or with other waste, substances or materials.2. Proper collection and handling prevent leakage of hazardous waste during collection, transport, storage and delivery to the treatment facility, which is permitted to treat hazardous waste, according to national legislation.3. Where a given waste classified as hazardous has also a transport status of dangerous goods under the Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR)(40), the transport complies with the relevant requirements set by the ADR.4. The activity uses waste collection vehicles which conform to at least EURO V standards(41).5. During collection and transport, hazardous waste is packaged and labelled in accordance with the international and Union standards in force.6. The operator collecting hazardous waste complies with record-keeping obligations including as regards quantity, nature, origin, destination, frequency of collection, mode of transport and treatment method set out by applicable Union and national legislation.7. For waste from electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE):the main categories of WEEE set out in Annex III to Directive 2012/19/EU are collected separately;collection and transport preserve the integrity of WEEE and prevent the leakage of hazardous substances such as ozone-depleting substances, fluorinated greenhouse gases or mercury contained in fluorescent lamps;a management system is set up by the collection and logistics operator to manage environmental, health and safety risks.Compliance with normative requirements for collection and logistics set in CLC/EN 50625-1:2014(42)and CLC/TS 50625-4:2017(43) or with regulatory requirements that are equivalent to those set in CLC/EN 50625-1 and CLC/TS 50625-4 is a proof of compliance with the requirement that the collection and transport preserve the integrity of WEEE and batteries and prevents the leakage of hazardous substances.8. When the waste is stored, the activity complies with the requirements set out in BAT 4 of the best available techniques (BAT) conclusions for waste treatment(44).