CLP, HP properties, POPs and PDF

Waste classification — method and scope

What the tool calculates automatically, what evidence the calculations rely on, and where the boundaries to the consultant's own assessment lie.

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For standalone waste classification

Waste classification can be run entirely on its own. You do not need to enter scenario parameters or calculate guideline values — a lab report or manually entered concentrations for the batch you want to classify is enough.

Regulatory basis

The tool is adapted for Swedish regulations. The waste code is determined from the selected mirror entry in Annex 3 to the Swedish Waste Ordinance (2020:614), and hazardous properties are assessed under Chapter 2, Sections 2–3 of the Waste Ordinance by applying Annex III to Directive 2008/98/EC, as replaced by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1357/2014 and amended for HP14 by Council Regulation (EU) 2017/997. CLP data is taken from Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008.

Avfall Sverige report 2024:09, the Commission notice on technical guidance on the classification of waste (2018/C 124/01) and the WM3 Guidance on the classification and assessment of waste are used as methodological support.

POP status is screened in parallel under Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 and is not part of the HP assessment.

Practical user guide

This page describes what the tool calculates automatically and what the consultant must assess themselves. When you are performing a classification, follow the user guide — it walks step by step through the whole flow up to PDF export.

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Automated HP classification with CLP data

The tool calculates the hazardous properties that can be assessed from concentrations and harmonised CLP classifications in Annex VI to the CLP Regulation.

  • HP4, HP5, HP6, HP7, HP8, HP10, HP11, HP13 and HP14 are calculated automatically from the concentrations in the parameter table.
  • The parameter table is the reviewed input the classification runs on — lab import, the Excel template and manual entry are different ways of filling the same table.
  • Values below the reporting limit are treated as LOQ and used as LOQ/2 in summation and aggregation.

POP screening under Regulation (EU) 2019/1021

Parameters marked POPs in the parameter table are screened in parallel with the HP assessment against the concentration limits in Annex IV of the POPs Regulation.

  • The comparison uses the Annex IV concentration limits in force on the assessment date — the limits have changed on fixed dates — and the result shows whether the fraction is POP waste.
  • Annex IV determines POP status. Annex V Part 2 contains separate waste codes and maximum concentrations for the exceptional procedure in Article 7(4)(b); that comparison does not change POP status and is therefore not shown in the result report.
  • Input that cannot be screened, such as unknown congeners or CAS numbers without a POP link, is flagged separately and excluded from the assessment.

What requires the consultant's judgement

The tool is decision support. Some questions cannot be decided automatically and require the consultant's active position before the report is used.

  • HP1, HP2, HP3, HP9, HP12 and HP15 are assessed manually and documented in the tool.
  • Reference substances and speciation choices, for example for total chromium and cobalt, are reviewed when they affect the result.
  • Special cases such as petroleum fractions, pH, free phase, liquid waste and asbestos are handled outside the automated calculation. The user guide covers each case.

Report, LoW codes and traceability

The PDF report is the deliverable and shows outcomes, substance details, warnings, assumptions and manual comments.

  • For a selected mirror entry in the List of Waste, the tool picks the starred or non-starred LoW code based on the HP and POP results.
  • Reference selections and manual HP assessments are saved with user name and timestamp.
  • A non-hazardous outcome with incomplete evidence is marked as preliminary until the evidence is complete.

Boundary against guideline value calculation

Waste classification can be run independently of the guideline value calculation. Guideline values and scenario parameters are not needed for a pure waste classification.

  • The guideline value calculation provides the basis for judging what may remain on the site.
  • Waste classification answers how a batch of waste should be managed if waste arises.
  • The same project can contain both waste classification and site-specific guideline values, but they are separate tracks that do not share data or process.