Outlined in the Hazardous Waste Regulation, a generator of high volumes of hazardous waste must register and receive a registration number when:
• The generated quantity of hazardous waste in a month is greater to or equal to the Registerable Quantity specified in the Hazardous Waste Regulation*, or
• Liquid hazardous waste in quantities equal to or greater than 5L (or 5kg / 500g of PCB mixture) have to be removed from generated premises, or
• Hazardous waste products in quantities equal to or greater than the amount specified in the Hazardous Waste Regulation* have to be removed from the premises of which they were generated, or
• The storage of hazardous waste becomes necessary
* For more information about what is detailed in the Hazardous Waste Regulation or what is the registerable quantity of the hazardous waste product your business is generating, please contact your local government authority.