Regulator guidance

Waste Classification Guidelines, Part 1: Classifying waste

NSW Environment Protection Authority. Guideline, New South Wales.

Version: Part 1 dated November 2014; web page updated 14 July 2021
Last read: 7 October 2026

The EPA's step by step guide to classifying waste. Step 1 asks whether the waste is special waste, a class that includes clinical and related waste, and says a generator of special waste need not assess it further unless it is mixed with restricted solid or hazardous waste.

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