Hazardous waste treatment
Construction site waste management

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Hazardous waste treatment
Construction site waste management

Author : Pierre SERIN

Publication date: December 10, 2025 | Lire en français

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6. Hazardous waste treatment

"Hazardous waste" is defined in Article R.541-8 of the Environmental Code.

In order to determine whether waste is hazardous, the first step is to assign it a code from the single list of wastes defined in Article R.541-7 of the Environmental Code and set out in the Annex to Commission Decision 2000/532/EC of May 3, 2000.

Hazardous waste and all items that come into direct contact with hazardous materials must be stored packaged, separated from each other, in leak-proof containers to avoid any risk of dangerous chemical reactions.

For the disposal of hazardous construction waste, the project owner or contractor must use a specialized and approved company that is part of the ICPE (classified facilities for environmental protection). However, it is important to note that these companies can only dispose of waste after obtaining a prefectural authorization order.

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