Summary
Do you run a garage or a body shop in Wallonia? Your professional activities undoubtedly generate hazardous waste.
In Wallonia, any company that generates hazardous waste must declare this fact to the relevant authority every year.
MANDATORY TWICE A YEAR
As a garage mechanic or a car body repairer, you must declare the generation of hazardous waste twice a year:
- before 10 February
- before 10 August
This declaration is to be submitted with the Waste Management Infrastructure and Policy Directorate (DIGPD) of SPW Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment (ARNE).
Your declaration enables us to monitor and trace hazardous waste in Wallonia as well as to obtain statistics on related operations.
Our mission Implementing and enforcing a waste management policy that protects the environment and human health.
WHAT IS HAZARDOUS WASTE?
Find the list of hazardous waste defined in the waste catalogue (see ‘Useful links’ below).
Here are a few examples:
- waste oils: their release into the environment is prohibited as they are highly polluting for natural environments. If you produce less than 500 litres of waste oil per year, you do not need to declare anything;
- PCBs and PCTs: these chemicals are very poorly biodegradable;
- batteries;
- paint waste and solvents.
Make your declaration according to the procedure detailed below.
In detail
You are a garage mechanic or a car body repairer in Wallonia. You produce hazardous waste in the course of your professional activities.
Steps to follow
- Fill in the form available online or in paper form (.PDF) available under ‘Forms’ below.
- If you have used the PDF form, scan it and send it by email to production.dechets@spw.wallonie.be OR send it to Département du Sol et des Déchets, Direction des Infrastructures de Gestion et de la Politique des Déchets, avenue Prince de Liège 15, 5100 JAMBES.
- Follow-up: we will only contact you if there is a problem with your declaration.
Your declaration is free of charge. Failing to submit a declaration is considered to be an offence for which you may be fined.
The declaration may be made in French or German.
INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED TO US
In your declaration, complete the following information:
- your identification details;
- list of your usual waste;
- list of approved collectors you have used;
- list of approved carriers you have used;
- list of approved collection, disposal or recovery centres you have used;
- end-of-waste status list;
- summary list of waste stored;
- estimated generation for the following 2 semesters.
- 3 April 2003 – Decree from the Walloon government determining industry conditions regarding motor vehicle maintenance and repair workshops in which the number of pits or lifts is greater than three
- 3 April 2003 – Decree from the Walloon government determining integral conditions regarding motor vehicle maintenance and repair workshops in which the number of pits or lifts is less than, or equal to, three
Forms
Online
To download
Useful links
- List of approved collectors for the collection of animal waste (only available in French)
- List of approved centres for the collection or reclamation of animal waste (only available in French)
- List of approved collectors for the collection of waste oils (only available in French)
- View the list of hazardous waste in Wallonia (see appendix 1) - only available in French
- Information about waste (only available in French)
- List of approved collectors for the collection of class-B2 hospital and healthcare waste (only available in French)
- List of approved centres for the reclamation, disposal, pre-processing or collection of hazardous waste, waste oils, PCB/PCT (only available in French)
- List of approved collectors for the collection of hazardous waste (only available in French)