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Registration and notification of (hazardous) industrial waste

Waste record

In the Netherlands you must keep a waste record if you:

  • dispose of waste;
  • transport waste;
  • treat or process waste;
  • act as a dealer or broker in respect of waste.

Reporting waste materials

Waste businesses such as incineration plants, landfill sites, composters, storage and transfer businesses, sorters and breakers are obliged to report the waste they receive to the National Waste Notification Bureau (Landelijk Meldpunt Afvalstoffen, LMA). This is done via the automated Electronic Waste Notification Information and Communication system (Afval Meldingen Informatie en Communicatie Elektronisch, AMICE). You must have a waste processor ID code for waste material receipt notifications. You can apply for this number at the National Waste Notification Bureau. In addition, you must issue waste stream numbers to the businesses that dispose of their waste via your business. The notification period is 4 weeks after the end of the month in which you received the waste materials.

The notification requirement also applies if your business disposes of waste by using it as building material, fertiliser or raw material.

Reporting a transfer of ship’s waste

If you wish to transfer your ship’s waste, you must report this wish to the National Waste Notification Bureau (LMA). In order to do so, you complete the ship’s waste transfer form (S form). The completed form must remain on board your ship for 5 years.

Rhine and inland shipping have had to comply with the Ship Waste Treaty (Scheepsafvalstoffenverdrag, SAV) since 1 November 2009. The Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management (Rijkswaterstaat) has published a manual on the SAV.

The Inland Shipping Waste and Navigation Documents Foundation (SAB) has developed the Shipping Environmental Plan in collaboration with sector organisations and government agencies. This plan will help you prevent unnecessary waste and deal safely with inevitable waste.

Online application and registration via the Message Box

Besides AMICE, you can also use Message Box to apply for a waste processor ID code or to report received waste materials online. You must use the Message Box of NL Agency for that purpose.

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