Hazardous property code
HP 2Oxidizing
Waste that can provide oxygen, causing or contributing to the combustion of other materials.
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- HP_2
Sourced from DEFRA’s digital waste tracking reference data, last checked 25 July 2026.
EWC codes that commonly carry this hazard property
5 entries from the UK List of Wastes.
These are EWC entries that typically carry this hazard property, not a determination that any particular load does. Under WM3, whether a hazard property applies depends on the substances actually present and their concentrations — the producer is responsible for assessing each consignment.
- 06 01 05nitric acid and nitrous acidhazardousNitric / nitrous acid — oxidising, corrosive and irritant.
- 16 09 01permanganates, for example potassium permanganatehazardousPermanganates (e.g. KMnO4) — oxidising and irritant.
- 16 09 02chromates, for example potassium chromate, potassium or sodium dichromatehazardousChromates (Cr VI) — oxidising, acutely toxic, carcinogenic, reprotoxic, mutagenic and ecotoxic.
- 16 09 03peroxides, for example hydrogen peroxidehazardousPeroxides (e.g. H2O2) — oxidising and irritant.
- 16 09 04oxidising substances, not otherwise specifiedhazardousOxidising substances not otherwise specified — oxidising by definition.
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