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Am I right in believing that if an empty tin has had a defined hazardous substance in it, e.g white spirit or solvent paint, then the tin is hazardous waste?
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correct me if i am wrong someone:
if the empty tin contains less than 5% of the contents and it is dry you can pre treat the tins by holing and crushing and its no longer classified as contaminated waste.
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I'm with Allan on this. One source of info is on some of the better MSDS sheets. I have seen it before under the disposal section where the substance may be hazardous but the 'empty tin' (<5%) is classed differently.
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It is classified as packaging waste and it is not as simple as less than 5%. Please refer to Example 10 in the comprehensive "Hazardous waste-- Interpretation of the definition and classification of hazardous waste (3rd Edition 2013)"at :-
http://a0768b4a8a31e106d....com/LIT_5426_acd22f.pdf
The Example 10 on page A48 to A50 ( pages 74 to 76 of PDF) is about Packaging waste and contents and includes an example of a paint tin to some extent.
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If our waste merchant finds any empty containers with the orange hazard labels or diamond labels in our general waste, they reclassify it as hazardous waste and charge accordingly.
We had a problem historically with fly tippers using our bins, usually to dispose of building waste, which often included empty paint tins. As they were starting to cost us a small fortune, we solved it by getting skips with lockable lids.
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