The
flowchart below shows the steps involved in finding out
if waste is hazardous or not.
“Directive
Waste” refers to European legislation called the Waste
Framework Directive. If waste is not a Directive Waste ,
THE HWR do not apply to it, so such wastes cannot be hazardous
wastes. Only the following waste are not Directive Wastes
: Radioactive waste, waste resulting ... quarries, animal
carcasses and other agricultural waste specified. Waste
waters, with the exception of waste in liquid form, decommissioned
explosives.
