waste guide

Your guide to safe and efficient waste management

SAR Waste Supervisor ensures that you get the most important information you need for sorting, handling, and declaring waste in your business.

  • Sustainable waste management
  • Correct sorting, classification and labeling of waste
  • Good waste culture
Guideline

Make your waste management more sustainable

Below you will find an overview of different waste categories. Each section provides information on which category the waste belongs to, as well as guidelines on what can and cannot be mixed in the respective categories.

Ordinary waste

Waste from the business that is not hazardous waste is considered ordinary waste. Containing ordinary waste hazardous waste must be sorted out and handled separately.

Deviations are recorded against waste producer. EE waste is considered ordinary waste but should never end up in other fractions since EE waste contains hazardous substances.

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Hazardous - and radioactive waste

Wastes containing substances hazardous to health and the environment which may, among other things, be toxic, carcinogenic, flammable or endocrine disrupting.

All hazardous waste must be sorted at source to prevent it from getting lost in the environment. Hazardous waste and radioactive waste must be packaged and labelled according to special rules, declared on a separate form and delivered to an approved hazardous waste reception.

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Ordinary waste

Ordinary waste is waste from public or private companies or institutions. It is the individual owner/waste owner who is responsible for ensuring that waste is treated properly. The Pollution Act states that no one must discharge, leave behind, store or transport waste so that it may appear unsightly or be to the detriment or inconvenience to people and the environment.

MATAVFALL (1111)

ORGANISK SLAM (1126)

RENE, LETT FORURENSENDE OG FORURENSENDE MASSER

MASSER AV BETONG OG PUSS

HAGE- OG PARKAVFALL (1131)

TREVIRKE (1141-1142)

KABELTROMLER

PAPPEMBALLASJE , PAPIR OG KARTONG (1299)

GLASS OG METALLEMBALLASJE (1322)

METALLER (1400)

KABELAVFALL (1504)

EE-AVFALL (1599)

GIPS (1615)

ISOLASJON OG MINERALULL (1617)

KERAMIKK OG PORSELEN (1618)

TAKPAPP OG TJÆREPAPP (1621)

PLAST (1799)

SLANGER (1899)

TEKSTIL (1911)

BLANDET ORDINÆRT AVFALL OG RESTAVFALL (9912)

UTSORTERT BRENNBART AVFALL (9913)

Hazardous waste

Hazardous waste is waste that contains hazardous substances above a limit value or which may cause serious pollution or risk of harm to humans and the environment. Hazardous waste must not be mixed with other waste and must be stored in such a way as to prevent the risk of spillage.

  • All hazardous waste including LRA shall be classified on a common declaration form
  • The person who first submits the waste shall stand as the waste producer
  • It is important to choose the right waste receiver. SAR, for example, has several locations such as
belongs to the same department
  • Declaration number is a unique tracking number
  • Packaging should always be marked with the declaration number and
waste material number
  • The waste producer is responsible for providing adequate information about the waste and it is recommended to always attach data sheets

SPILLOLJE SOM TILFREDSSTILLER KVALITETSKRAV (7011)

SPILLOLJE, ANDRE KASSERTE OLJER (7012)

OLJE- OG FETTAVFALL (7021)

OLJEFORURENSET MASSE (7022)

DRIVSTOFF OG FYRINGSOLJE (7023)

OLJEFILTER MED METALL (7024)

AVFALL FORURENSET AV ELLER INNEHOLDER RÅOLJE / KONDENSAT (7025)

OLJEEMULSJONER OG SLOPPVANN(7030)

OLJEHOLDIGE EMULSJONER FRA BOREDEKK (7031)

ORGANISKE LØSEMIDLER MED HALOGEN (7041)

ORGANISKE LØSEMIDLER UTEN HALOGEN (7042)

MALING, LAKK OG LIM (7051)

SPRAYBOKSER (7055)

KVIKKSØLVHOLDIG AVFALL (7081)

KVIKKSØLVHOLDIGE BATTERIER, KNAPPCELLER (7082)

KADMIUMHOLDIG AVFALL (7083)

KADMIUMHOLDIGE BATTERIER (7084)

AMALGAM (7085)

LYSSTOFFRØR OG SPAREPÆRER (7086)

UORGANISKE SALTER OG ANNET FAST STOFF (7091)

BLYAKKUMULATOR, BILBATTERIER (7092)

USORTERTE SMÅBATTERIER (7093)

LITIUM-IONBATTERIER (7094)

LITIUM PRIMÆRBATTERIER (7094)

METALLHYDROKSIDSLAM (7095)

BLÅSESAND (7096)

SLAGG,STØV, ASKE, KATALYSATORER (7096)

UORGANISKE LØSNINGER OG BAD (7097)

CCA - IMPREGNERT TREVIRKE (7098)

CYANIDHOLDIG AVFALL (7100)

BEKJEMPNINGSMIDLER UTEN KVIKKSØLV (7111)

BEKJEMPNINGSMIDLER MED KVIKKSØLV (7112)

ISOCYANATER (7121)

STERKT REAKTIVT STOFF (7122)

HERDERE OG ORGANISKE PEROKSIDER (7123)

SURT UORGANISK AVFALL (7131)

BASISK UORGANISK AVFALL (7132)

RENGJØRINGSMIDLER (7133)

SURT ORGANISK AVFALL (7134)

BASISK ORGANISK AVFALL (7135)

OLJEBASERET BOREVÆSKE (7142)

KAKS MED OLJEBASERET BOREVÆSKE (7143)

VANNBASERT BOREVÆSKE (7144)

KAKS MED VANNBASERT BOREVÆSKE (7145)

ORGANISK AVFALL MED HALOGEN (7151)

ORGANISK AVFALL UTEN HALOGEN (7152)

KREOSOTIMPREGNERT TREVIRKE (7154)

AVFALL MED BROMERTE FLAMMEHEMMERE (7155)

AVFALL MED FTALATER (7156)

ISOLASJON MED MILJØSKADELIGE BLÅSEMIDLER (7157)

KLORPARAFINHOLDIGE ISOLERGLASSRUTER (7158)

KLORPARAFINHOLDIG AVFALL (7159)

PROSESSVANN OG VASKEVANN (7165)

PCB- OG PCT-HOLDIG AVFALL (7210)

PCB-HOLDIGE VINDUER (7211)

FOTOKJEMIKALIER (7220)

HALON (7230)

KFK-GASS (7240)

ASBEST (7250)

GASSER I TRYKKBEHOLDERE (7261)

TOM-EMBALLASJE

RADIOAKTIVT AVFALL (LRA)

SMITTEFARLIG AVFALL (6003)

FARLIG GODS

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