New edition of "National Hazardous Waste List" released

The "National Directory of Hazardous Wastes" (2016 Edition) was recently released to the public by the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the National Development and Reform Commission, and the Ministry of Public Security, and will come into force on August 1, 2016

Since the "National Directory of Hazardous Wastes" was revised and implemented in 2008, it has played an important basic supportive role in strengthening the management of hazardous wastes in China.

This revision adjusts the number of hazardous wastes into 46 categories and 479 types (362 of which are from the original list and 117 are newly added)

In order to improve the efficiency of hazardous waste management, the "Hazardous Waste Exemption Management List" has been added to this revision

The release and implementation of the "National Directory of Hazardous Wastes" (2016 Edition) will promote the scientific and refined management of hazardous wastes, and will play an important role in preventing environmental risks of hazardous wastes and improving the quality of the ecological environment

Related Interpretation: Interpretation of the "National Directory of Hazardous Wastes" (2016)

The Ministry of Environmental Protection recently revised and released the National Hazardous Waste List (2016 Edition) with the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Public Security, which will be implemented on August 1, 2016

Question: What are the main contents of this revision of the Directory?

Answer: (1) Modified the foreword

(2) Adjust the types of waste in the "List"

(3) Add "Hazardous Waste Exemption Management List"

(4) Cancel the "*" mark in the 2008 edition of the "List"

(5) The "Dangerous Chemicals Catalog" shall be adopted for the list of discarded hazardous chemicals

Question: What are the main principles for this revision of the Directory?

Answer: (1) Highlight the key points

(2) Dynamic

(3) Practicality

(4) Continuity

Question: What new ideas for the management of hazardous wastes are reflected in this revision of the "List"?

Answer: This revision adheres to the problem-oriented approach and aims to achieve refined management of hazardous waste

Question: Are the wastes listed in the "Hazardous Waste Exemption Management List" not classified as hazardous wastes? What is the process for determining whether a certain waste is eligible for exemption management?

Answer: The "List of Hazardous Wastes Exemption Management" only exempts part of the management requirements for specific links of hazardous wastes, and does not exempt the attributes of hazardous wastes
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The process of determining whether a certain waste meets the exemption management is as follows: (1) Determine that the waste belongs to the hazardous waste included in the "Hazardous Waste Exemption Management List" (check the waste category/code and name); (2) Determine the exemption link of the waste Whether it is consistent with the "Hazardous Waste Exemption Management List"; (3) Check whether the exemption conditions listed in the "Hazardous Waste Exemption Management List" are met
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Question: What is the specific meaning of the exemption content in the appendix "Hazardous Waste Exemption Management List"?

Answer: Hazardous wastes listed in the "List of Exemption Management of Hazardous Wastes" can be exempted in accordance with the provisions of the exemption content when the exemption links are listed and the corresponding exemption conditions are met
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Under the premise that the above conditions are met, the meaning of "exemption content" is as follows:

"The whole process is not managed according to hazardous waste": The whole process (each management link) is exempted, and there is no need to implement relevant regulations on hazardous waste environmental management;

"The collection process is not managed according to hazardous waste": The collection company does not need to hold a hazardous waste collection business license or a hazardous waste comprehensive business license;

"The utilization process is not managed according to hazardous waste": the utilization enterprise does not need to hold a comprehensive hazardous waste management license;

"The landfill process is not managed according to hazardous waste": Landfill enterprises do not need to hold a comprehensive hazardous waste management license;

"Cement kiln co-processing process is not managed according to hazardous waste": Cement companies do not need to hold a comprehensive hazardous waste management license;

"Not transported as hazardous waste": The means of transport may not be the means of transport of dangerous goods;

"The transfer process does not follow the management of hazardous waste": The transport vehicle for the transfer activity may not be qualified for the transportation of dangerous goods; the hazardous waste transfer form may not be run during the transfer process, but the transfer activity needs to be filed afterwards
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Question: For hazardous wastes listed in the "List of Hazardous Wastes Exemption Management", how should the exemption links before and after the link be connected to ensure that subsequent links are still managed as hazardous waste?

Answer: The "Hazardous Wastes Exemption Management List" only exempts part of the management requirements for hazardous wastes in specific links.
Before and after the exemption link, management should still be carried out in accordance with hazardous waste; and in the exemption link, the exempted content is also limited to The management of other hazardous wastes or such hazardous wastes that do not meet the exemption conditions still needs to implement the requirements of hazardous waste management if the listed content meets the listed conditions
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For example: domestic waste incineration fly ash meets the requirements of Article 6.
3 of the "Pollution Control Standards for Domestic Waste Landfills" (GB16889-2008) and enters the domestic waste landfills for landfill, the landfill process may not be managed as hazardous waste; if it cannot meet the requirements of "Pollution Control Standards for Domestic Waste Landfills" (GB16889-2008) If Article 6.
3 of the Standard for Pollution Control of Domestic Waste Landfill Sites (GB16889-2008) requires or does not enter the domestic waste landfill, the disposal process still needs to be managed in accordance with hazardous waste
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Question: The mixture of hazardous wastes and other solid wastes, as well as the attribute determination of wastes after hazardous waste treatment, shall be implemented in accordance with the hazardous waste identification standards prescribed by the state
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How should we understand this?

Answer: The attributes of hazardous wastes mixed with other solid wastes should be determined in accordance with Article 5 of the "General Rules for Identification Standards for Hazardous Wastes" (GB5085.
7-2007), "Judgment Rules for Hazardous Wastes After Mixing".
They are toxic (including leaching toxicity).
, Acute toxicity and other toxicity) and infectivity, and other hazardous wastes with one or more hazardous characteristics are mixed with other solid wastes, and the mixed wastes are classified as hazardous wastes
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Only hazardous wastes that are corrosive, flammable or reactive are mixed with other solid wastes, and the mixed wastes are not classified as hazardous wastes if they are identified as no longer hazardous characteristics by GB 5085.
1, GB 5085.
4 and GB 5085.
5
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Hazardous waste is mixed with radioactive waste, and the mixed waste shall be managed in accordance with radioactive waste
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The attribute determination of hazardous waste after treatment shall be determined in accordance with Article 6 of the “General Rules for Identification Standards of Hazardous Wastes” (GB5085.
7-2007), “Rules for Determination of Hazardous Wastes after Treatment”.
It is toxic (including leaching toxicity, acute toxicity and other toxicities).
) And infectivity and other hazardous wastes with one or more hazardous characteristics.
The processed wastes are still hazardous wastes, unless otherwise specified by relevant national regulations and standards (such as chromium slag)
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Hazardous wastes that are only corrosive, flammable or reactive, are identified as no longer hazardous wastes by GB 5085.
1, GB 5085.
4 and GB 5085.
5, and are not classified as hazardous wastes
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Question: There are many descriptions similar to "exclude XXXX" in the directory, does it mean that these XXXX are not hazardous wastes?

Answer: The description of "exclude XXXX" in the "Inventory" is based on the needs of current environmental management and specifically excludes such waste from the "Inventory"
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However, the definition of hazardous waste in the "Solid Law" refers to solid wastes with hazardous characteristics that are included in the national hazardous waste list or identified in accordance with the hazardous waste identification standards and identification methods prescribed by the state
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Therefore, although this type of waste is not included in the "Inventory", it still needs to be determined whether it is hazardous waste according to the hazardous waste identification standards and identification methods prescribed by the state
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Those that have been identified as not having hazardous characteristics are not classified as hazardous wastes
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Question: Why is the HW43 and HW44 hazardous wastes deleted in this revision of the "List"
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Answer: In the 2008 "Inventory", HW43 is expressed as waste containing any polychlorinated benzofuran homologues, and HW44 is expressed as waste containing any Wastes with organic pollutants are marked with "*"
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According to the 2008 version of the "Inventory" for the management requirements of wastes marked with "*", wastes containing the above two categories of persistent pollutants should be identified according to the "Identification Standards for Toxic Substances Content of Hazardous Wastes" (GB5085.
6) for hazardous characteristics
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Therefore, HW43 and HW44 wastes cannot be directly determined according to the "List" in actual work
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"Identification of Toxic Substances Content in Identification Standards for Hazardous Wastes" (GB5085.
6) contains 11 types of persistent organic pollutants, 39 types of highly toxic substances, 143 types of toxic substances, 63 types of carcinogenic substances, 7 types of mutagenic substances, reproduction 11 kinds of toxic substances
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Considering that the "Hazardous Waste List" is not convenient for adding a separate waste category code to each type of hazardous waste identified by the content of toxic substances, this revision deletes the HW43 and HW44 two categories of waste and no longer lists them separately
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These wastes can be classified and managed in accordance with Article 8 of the "List" after identification
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Question: If hazardous wastes are identified as hazardous wastes, how should they be classified?

Answer: Article 8 of the "List" stipulates that solid wastes that are not clear whether they have hazardous characteristics should be identified in accordance with the identification standards and identification methods of hazardous wastes prescribed by the state
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If the hazardous waste is identified as hazardous waste, the waste category shall be determined according to its main hazardous components and hazardous characteristics, and classified and managed according to the code "900-000-××" (×× is the code of hazardous waste category)
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If the main hazardous component of the identified hazardous waste is arsenic, the hazardous waste category code should be "900-000-24"
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Question: What should be the basis for the specific interpretation and scope of "industry sources" in the "Directory"?

Answer: The sources of industries in the "Directory" are based on the "Classification of National Economic Industries" (GB/T 4754-2011)
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When determining the source of the waste industry, the principle of Article 3.
1 in the standard shall be followed, that is, the nature of the industry shall be determined according to the main economic activities of the unit
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When a unit is engaged in one type of economic activity, the industry of the unit is determined according to the economic activity; when the unit is engaged in two or more economic activities, the industry of waste generation is determined according to the activities related to waste generation
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Question: Are electronic waste and waste wires and cables classified as hazardous waste?

Answer: The "900-044-49" waste in the 2008 edition of the "Inventory" is described as "waste electrical and electronic products, electrical and electronic equipment generated in industrial production, life and other activities, which are classified after being dismantled, broken, or smashed.
The collected lead-acid batteries, cadmium-nickel batteries, mercury oxide batteries, mercury switches, cathode-ray tubes, PCB capacitors and other components", due to the illegibility of the text, caused the "waste electronic and electrical products, electronic and electrical equipment" to be Misunderstanding of hazardous waste, this time the article is revised to "abandoned lead storage batteries, cadmium nickel batteries, mercury oxide batteries, mercury switches, phosphors and cathode ray tubes"
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Hazardous waste may be generated during the dismantling of electronic waste, but it is not a hazardous waste
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The structural elements of wire and cable products can generally be divided into four main structural components: wire, insulation layer, shielding and protective layer, as well as filling elements and tensile elements
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The structural elements of the waste wires and cables have basically not changed, and they do not have hazardous characteristics.
Therefore, the waste wires and cables are not classified as hazardous wastes
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Question: How to update the "List" and the appendix "List of Hazardous Waste Exemption Management"?

Answer: With the gradual enhancement of China’s basic research and identification of the pollution characteristics of solid waste, the Ministry of Environmental Protection intends to adopt a dynamic revision method to start the "List" and the appendix "List of Hazardous Waste Exemption Management" when the time is right.
Revision work
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