The Hazardous Waste (Wales) Regulations 2005 No. 1806 (W. 138)

Regulation 3(2)(a)(i)

SCHEDULE 1 ANNEX I OF THE HAZARDOUS WASTE DIRECTIVE

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

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 dibenzo-furan;

18.   any material contaminated with any congener of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin.

• 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;

22.   ashes and/or cinders;

23.   soil, sand, clay including dredging spoils;

24.   non-cyanidic tempering salts;

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.”.

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