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Annex II

United Kingdom

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Criteria for aluminium scrap

EN 13920-1:2002; Aluminium and aluminium alloys – Scrap- Part 1: General requirements, sampling and tests; CEN 2002.

OJ L 159, 29.6.1996, p. 1.

OJ L 226, 6.9.2000, p. 3.

OJ L 229, 30.4.2004, p. 1.

OJ L 37, 13.2.2003, p. 24.

OJ L 269, 21.10.2000, p. 34.

CriteriaSelf-monitoring requirements
1. Scrap quality

1.1.

The scrap shall be graded in accordance with a customer specification, an industry specification or a standard for direct use in the production of metal substance or objects by refining or re-melting.

Qualified staff shall grade each consignment.

1.2.

The total amount of foreign materials shall be ≤ 5 % by weight or the metal yield shall be ≥ 90 %;

Foreign materials are:

  1. (1)

    metals other than aluminium and aluminium alloys;

  2. (2)

    non-metallic materials such as earth, dust, insulation materials and glass;

  3. (3)

    combustible non-metallic materials such as rubber, plastic, fabric, wood and other chemical or organic substances;

  4. (4)

    larger pieces (brick-size) which are non-conductors of electricity such as tyres, pipes filled with cement, wood or concrete; or

  5. (5)

    residues arising from the melting of aluminium and aluminium alloys, heating, surface conditioning (including scarfing), grinding, sawing, welding and torch cutting operations such as slag, dross, skimmings, baghouse dust, grinder dust, sludge.

The producer of the aluminium scrap shall check compliance by monitoring the amount of foreign materials or by determining the metal yield.

Qualified staff shall carry out visual inspection of each consignment.

At appropriate intervals (at least every 6 months), representative samples of each grade of aluminium scrap shall be analysed to measure the total amount of foreign materials or the metal yield.

The representative samples shall be obtained in accordance with the sampling procedures described in standard EN 13920f1.

The total amount of foreign materials shall be measured by weight after separating aluminium metallic particles and objects from particles and objects consisting of foreign materials by hand sorting or other means of separation (such as by magnet or by using density as a basis).

Metal yield shall be measured in accordance with the following procedure:

  1. (1)

    determination of mass (m1) after removal and determination of moisture (in accordance with point 7.1 of the EN 13920-1:2002 standard);

  2. (2)

    removal and determination of free iron (in accordance with point 7.2 of the EN 13920-1:2002 standard);

  3. (3)

    determination of the mass of the metal after melting and solidifying (m2) following the procedure for the determination of the metal yield in accordance with point 7.3 of the EN 13920-1:2002 standard;

  4. (4)

    calculation of the metal yield m [%] = (m2/m1) × 100.

The appropriate frequencies of analysis of representative samples shall be established taking into account the following factors:

  1. (1)

    the expected pattern of variability (such as shown by historical results);

  2. (2)

    the inherent risk of variability in the quality of waste used as input for the recovery operation and in the performance of the treatment processes;

  3. (3)

    the inherent precision of the monitoring method; and

  4. (4)

    the proximity of results to the limit values for the total amount of foreign materials or the metal yield.

1.3.

The scrap shall not contain polyvinyl chloride (PVC) in form of coatings, paints, plastics.

Qualified staff shall carry out a visual inspection of each consignment.

1.4.

The Scrap shall be free of visible oil, oily emulsions, lubricants or grease except negligible amounts that will not lead to any dripping.

Qualified staff shall carry out a visual inspection of each consignment, paying particular attention to those parts where oil is most likely to drip.

1.5.

Radioactivity: there is no need for response action according to national or international rules on monitoring and response procedures for radioactive scrap metal.

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Qualified staff shall monitor the radioactivity of each consignment. Each consignment of scrap shall be accompanied by a certificate established in accordance with national or international rules on monitoring and response procedures for radioactive scrap metal. The certificate may be included in other documentation accompanying the consignment.

1.6.

The scrap shall not display any of the hazardous properties listed in Annex III to Directive 2008/98/EC. The scrap shall comply with the concentration limits laid down in Commission Decision 2000/532/ECf2 and shall not exceed the concentration limits laid down in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 850/2004f3.

Properties of individual elements included in aluminium alloys are not relevant for this requirement.

Qualified staff shall carry out a visual inspection of each consignment. Where visual inspection raises any suspicion of possible hazardous properties, further appropriate monitoring measures shall be taken, such as sampling and testing where appropriate.

Staff shall be trained on potential hazardous properties that may be associated with aluminium scrap and on material components or features that allow hazardous properties to be recognised.

The procedure for recognising hazardous materials shall be documented under the quality management system.

1.7.

The scrap shall not contain any pressurised, closed or insufficiently open containers that could cause an explosion in a metalwork furnace.

Qualified staff shall carry out a visual inspection of each consignment.
2. Waste used as input in the recovery operation

2.1.

Only waste that contained recoverable aluminium or aluminium alloys may be used as input.

2.2.

Hazardous waste shall not be used as an input except where proof is provided that the processes and techniques specified under Section 3 of this Annex to remove all hazardous properties have been applied.

2.3.

The following waste shall not be used as an input:

  1. (a)

    filings and turnings that contain fluids such as oil or oily emulsions; and

  2. (b)

    barrels and containers, except equipment from end-of-life vehicles, which contain or have contained oil or paints.

Acceptance control of all waste received (by visual inspection) and of the accompanying documentation shall be carried out by qualified staff which is trained on how to recognise waste that does not fulfil the criteria set out in this Section.
3. Treatment processes and techniques

3.1.

The aluminium scrap shall have been segregated at source or while being collected and shall have been kept separate or the input waste shall have been treated to separate the aluminium scrap from the non-metal and non-aluminium metal components.

3.2.

All mechanical treatments (like cutting, shearing, shredding or granulating; sorting, separating, cleaning, de-polluting, emptying) needed to prepare the scrap metal for direct input into final use shall have been completed.

3.3.

For waste containing hazardous components the following specific requirements shall apply:

  1. (a)

    input materials that originate from waste electrical or electronic equipment and end-of-life vehicles shall have undergone all treatments required by F2the EU-derived domestic legislation that transposed—

    1. (i)

      Article 6 of Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on end-of life vehicles, as last amended by Commission Directive (EU) 2017/2096, and

    2. (ii)

      Article 8 of Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), as it had effect immediately before 4th July 2018.

  2. (b)

    chlorofluorocarbons in discarded equipment shall have been captured in an process approved by the competent authorities;

  3. (c)

    cables shall have been stripped or chopped. If a cable contains organic coatings (plastics), the organic coatings shall have been removed in accordance with the best available techniques;

  4. (d)

    barrels and containers shall have been emptied and cleaned;

  5. (e)

    hazardous substances in waste not mentioned in point (a) shall have been efficiently removed in a process which is approved by the competent authority.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Annex 2 Table omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/620), regs. 1(2)(b), 9(8)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2

Words in Annex 2 Table substituted (31.12.2020) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/620), regs. 1(2)(b), 9(8)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1

EN 13920-1:2002; Aluminium and aluminium alloys – Scrap- Part 1: General requirements, sampling and tests; CEN 2002.

f2

OJ L 226, 6.9.2000, p. 3.

f3

OJ L 229, 30.4.2004, p. 1.