Waste management in buildings. Code of practice

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Published date

30-12-2006

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British Standards Institution

Committees responsible
Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 General principles of the design of facilities
5 Older persons and persons with disabilities
6 Systems of waste storage, handling, on-site treatment
and collection
7 Choice of method of storage and collection of waste in
various types of building
8 Waste storage chambers
9 Storage for bulky articles
10 Roads and approaches to buildings
11 Collection of containers
12 Hygiene
Annex A (informative) On site treatment systems
Bibliography

Applies to new buildings, refurbishments and conversions of residential and non-residential buildings, including but not limited to retail and offices.

This British Standard is a code of practice for methods of storage, collection, segregation for recycling and recovery, and on-site treatment of waste from residential and non-residential buildings and healthcare establishments. This British Standard is applicable to new buildings, refurbishments and conversions of residential and non-residential buildings, including but not limited to retail and offices. It should not be used as the only source of information.

The management of healthcare waste from hospitals and waste oil from any establishment are not included within the remit of this code of practice.

Committee	B/183
DevelopmentNote	Supersedes BS 5906(1980) and 04/30050096 DC. (01/2006) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, February 2012. (01/2012)
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	32
PublisherName	British Standards Institution
Status	Current
Supersedes	BS 5906:1980

BS 1703:1977	Specification for refuse chutes and hoppers
BS EN 840-1:2012	Mobile waste and recycling containers Containers with 2 wheels with a capacity up to 400 l for comb lifting devices. Dimensions and design
BS EN 840-4:2012	Mobile waste and recycling containers Containers with 4 wheels with a capacity up to 1 700 l with flat lid(s), for wide trunnion or BG- and/or wide comb lifting devices. Dimensions and design
BS 7320:1990	Specification for sharps containers
BS EN 12574-2:2017	Stationary waste containers Performance requirements and test methods
BS 6642:1985	Specification for disposable plastics refuse sacks made from polyethylene
BS EN 840-5:2012	Mobile waste and recycling containers Performance requirements and test methods
BS EN 13071:2002	Selective waste collection containers. Above-ground mechanically-lifted containers with capacity from 80 l to 5000 l for selective collection of waste
BS 792:1973	Specification for mild steel dustbins
BS EN 12574-1:2017	Stationary waste containers Containers with a capacity up to 10 000 l with flat or dome lid(s), for trunnion, double trunnion or pocket lifting device. Dimensions and design
BS 4998:1985	Specification for moulded thermoplastics dustbins (excluding lids)
BS 476-21:1987	Fire tests on building materials and structures Methods for determination of the fire resistance of loadbearing elements of construction
BS EN 60335-2-16 : 2003	HOUSEHOLD AND SIMILAR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES - SAFETY - PART 2-16: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR FOOD WASTE DISPOSERS
BS 8300:2001	Design of buildings and their approaches to meet the needs of disabled people. Code of practice
BS EN 840-6:2012	Mobile waste and recycling containers Safety and health requirements
BS EN 840-3:2012	Mobile waste and recycling containers Containers with 4 wheels with a capacity up to 1 300 l with dome lid(s), for trunnion and/or comb lifting devices. Dimensions and design
BS 476-22:1987	Fire tests on building materials and structures Method for determination of the fire resistance of non-loadbearing elements of construction
BS EN 12574-3:2017	Stationary waste containers Safety and health requirements
BS EN 840-2:2012	Mobile waste and recycling containers Containers with 4 wheels with a capacity up to 1 300 l with flat lid(s), for trunnion and/or comb lifting devices. Dimensions and design

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