ANNEX II B
RECOVERY OPERATIONS
NB: This Annex is intended to list recovery operations as they occur in practice. In accordance with Article 4, waste must be recovered without endangering human health and without the use of processes or methods likely to harm the environment.
R 1 | Use principally as a fuel or other means to generate energy |
R 2 | Solvent reclamation/regeneration |
R 3 | Recycling/reclamation of organic substances which are not used as solvents (including composting and other biological transformation processes) |
R 4 | Recycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds |
R 5 | Recycling/reclamation of other inorganic materials |
R 6 | Regeneration of acids or bases |
R 7 | Recovery of components used for pollution abatement |
R 8 | Recovery of components from catalysts |
R 9 | Oil re-refining or other reuses of oil |
R 10 | Land treatment resulting in benefit to agriculture or ecological improvement |
R 11 | Use of wastes obtained from any of the operations numbered R 1 to R 10 |
R 12 | Exchange of wastes for submission to any of the operations numbered R 1 to R 11 |
R 13 | Storage of wastes pending any of the operations numbered R 1 to R 12 (excluding temporary storage, pending collection, on the site where it is produced) |