Moratorium on the disposal of HBCD-containing insulating material
Due to start-up difficulties in implementing the POP regulation in effect since 30 September 2016 the Bundesrat -German Federal Council- issued a moratorium in its meeting on 16 December 2016 on the disposal of HBCD- containing insulating materials as hazardous waste.
This nationwide moratorium temporarily suspends the regulation of September 2016 for a whole year. Consequently HBCD-containing wastes can be disposed of as non-hazardous wastes from January to December 2017.
Independent thereof an environmentally suitable disposal in incineration plants must be further guaranteed.
Source: Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Umwelt, Energie und Klimaschutz
