This is a quick guide for anyone who handles industrial, priority or reportable priority waste:
- waste producers
- accredited consigners
- waste transporters
- waste receivers.
To help you, the tables below provide:
- codes to use in Waste Tracker
- classifications and placarding
- relevant class labels and emergency information panel.
This information forms part of the guidance for industrial waste regulated under the Environment Protection Regulations 2021(opens in a new window).
This list contains all the industrial waste codes, descriptions and classifications from Schedule 5 of the Regulations. Use this as a quick reference guide. This can help you classify industrial waste.
If you handle reportable priority waste, you must get a permission to transport the waste. You must also let us know every time the waste changes hands by using Waste Tracker.
Refer to Schedule 7 of the Regulations for details of the information that each waste handler must provide.
Note that industrial waste or priority waste that does not require use of Waste Tracker may still be classified as dangerous goods under the Dangerous Goods Act 1985(opens in a new window) – for example, waste lithium batteries. This means there may be separate requirements for transporting these waste types.
Refer to the Dangerous Goods (Transport by Road or Rail) Regulations 2018(opens in a new window) and the Australian Dangerous Goods Code (opens in a new window)(ADG Code) to decide the relevant UN number, UN class and packing group.
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