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As part of the Principle Adverse Impact measures for the SFDR, one mandatory indicator is to track any Hazardous Waste your company produced over the year.

Below, you can find an overview of which properties waste can have that then makes it hazardous (according to Directive 2008/98/EC of the EU), alongside some common examples of items that fall into the category.

Property	Explanation	Examples
Explosive	Substances and preparations which may explode under the effect of flame or which are more sensitive to shocks or friction than dinitrobenzene	Fireworks, commercial explosives, military explosives, homemade explosive devices, small and large ammunition and pressurized gas vessels, and cylinders
Oxidizing	Substances and preparations which exhibit highly exothermic reactions when in contact with other substances, particularly flammable substances	Nitrates, chlorates, peroxides, permanganates, and perchlorates
Highly flammable	liquid substances and preparations having a flash point below 21 °C (including extremely flammable liquids), or substances and preparations which may become hot and finally catch fire in contact with air at ambient temperature without any application of energy solid substances and preparations which may readily catch fire after brief contact with a source of ignition and which continue to burn or to be consumed after removal of the source of ignition gaseous substances and preparations which are flammable in air at normal pressure substances and preparations which, in contact with water or damp air, evolve highly flammable gases in dangerous quantities.	Petrol, diesel, lighter fuel, lamp oil, paint thinner, methylated spirits and ethanol, acetone, toluene, diethyl ether and alcohols
Flammable	Liquid substances and preparations having a flash point equal to or greater than 21 °C and less than or equal to 55 °C	Firecrackers, cotton, and dry leaves
Irritant	Non-corrosive substances and preparations which, through immediate, prolonged or repeated contact with the skin or mucous membrane, can cause inflammation	Solvents, cleaning products, acids, detergents, paints and adhesives
Harmful	Substances and preparations which, if they are inhaled or ingested or if they penetrate the skin, may involve limited health risks	Mercury, isocyanates, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), acrylates and pharmaceutical products such as steroids and nicotine
Toxic	Substances and preparations (including very toxic substances and preparations) which, if they are inhaled or ingested or if they penetrate the skin, may involve serious, acute or chronic health risks and even death	Fluorescent light bulbs, household batteries, lighter fluid, mercury (elemental), mercury thermometers and thermostats, nail polish/remover and pool chemicals
Carcinogenic	Substances and preparations which, if they are inhaled or ingested or if they penetrate the skin, may induce cancer or increase its incidence	Aflatoxins, aristolochic acids, arsenic, asbestos, benzene, benzidine, beryllium, 1,3-butadiene, cadmium, coal tar and coal-tar pitch, coke-oven emissions, crystalline silica (respirable size), erionite, ethylene oxide, formaldehyde, hexavalent chromium compounds, indoor emissions from the household combustion of coal, mineral oils: untreated and mildly treated, nickel compounds, radon, secondhand tobacco smoke (environmental tobacco smoke), soot, strong inorganic acid mists containing sulfuric acid, thorium, trichloroethylene, vinyl chloride and wood dust
Corrosive	Substances and preparations which may destroy living tissue on contact	Petroleum parts washer solvents, solvent-based paint waste, waste kerosene or gasoline and spent paint booth exhaust filters
Infectious	Substances and preparations containing viable micro-organisms or their toxins which are known or reliably believed to cause disease in man or other living organisms	Waste contaminated with blood and other bodily fluids (e.g. from discarded diagnostic samples), cultures and stocks of infectious agents from laboratory work (e.g. waste from autopsies and infected animals from laboratories), or waste from patients with infections (e.g. swabs and bandages)
Toxic for reproduction	Substances and preparations which, if they are inhaled or ingested or if they penetrate the skin, may induce non-hereditary congenital malformations or increase their incidence	Anesthetic gases, contraceptive hormones, cytotoxic medications, antineoplastic drugs, endocrine disruptors, flammable and organic solvents, heavy metals, and controlled substances
Mutagenic	Substances and preparations which, if they are inhaled or ingested or if they penetrate the skin, may induce hereditary genetic defects or increase their incidence	Dioxins, furans, PAHs, PCBs, and polybrominated diphenyls
Toxic Gases	Waste which releases toxic or very toxic gases in contact with water, air or an acid	Ammonia, chlorine, formaldehyde, hydrogen sulfide, methyl bromide, methyl isocyanate, oxides of nitrogen, ozone, phosgene, and sulfur dioxide
Sensitizing	Substances and preparations which, if they are inhaled or if they penetrate the skin, are capable of eliciting a reaction of hypersensitization such that on further exposure to the substance or preparation, characteristic adverse effects are produced	Diazomethane, chromium, nickel, formaldehyde, isocyanates, arylhydrazines, benzylic and allylic halides, and many phenol derivatives
Ecotoxic	Waste which presents or may present immediate or delayed risks for one or more sectors of the environment	PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) – found in coolant and insulating fluids, pesticide extenders, adhesives, and hydraulic fluids Pesticides – used widely for preventing, destroying, or repelling any organism that may be considered harmful Mold and other mycotoxins
After Disposal	Waste capable by any means, after disposal, of yielding another substance, which possesses any of the characteristics listed above.	e.g. a leachate