HAZARDS OUT!
A multi-stakeholder partnership for the separate collection of household hazardous waste
HOW DO WE PLAN TO KEEP HAZARDS OUT?
A series of workshops on the separate collection of household hazardous waste to exchange best practices and boost collaboration on HHW management.
A European network of professional operators involved with hazardous household waste to support collaboration and peer learning.
Problem Overview
Hazardous waste poses a greater risk to the environment and human health and therefore requires a stricter control regime, separate collection and special treatment. Since 1st of January 2025, member states are obliged to establish separate collection for hazardous waste generated by households to avoid contamination that could lower recycling quality and ensure environmentally sound waste management.
OUR WORKSHOPS
#1 WORKSHOP
11/02/2025
The first workshop of a series of events on the separate collection of household hazardous waste implemented within the Hazards Out project took place on the 11th of February 2025. It gathered approximately 90 professionals from the waste management and recycling sector, public and local authorities, consultancy, academia, NGOs and civil society, other industries, and media to address the important question What is going to change?
#2 WORKSHOP
15/05/2025
On 15 May 2025, the second Hazards Out Workshop took place online gathering more than 60 experts from the waste management and recycling sector, public and local authorities, consultancy, academia, and other industries. The event focused on the different collection systems and methods local authorities have put into place to ensure the safe and sustainable collection and treatment of the hazardous waste generated by the households.
#3 WORKSHOP
24/09/2025
The third episode of the Hazards Out! series of workshops took place on 24.09. gathering more than 70 experts from the waste management and recycling sector, public and local authorities, consultancy and academia, NGOs and civil society and other industries to explore the question Does EPR have a role to play? in the separate collection of Household hazardous waste (HHW).
#4 WORKSHOP
11/02/2026
A year after the mandatory separate collection of household hazardous waste (HHW) has entered into force across the EU, the Hazards Out project is continuing the conversation around effective collection systems with a crucial next question: what happens after HHW has been collected?
Workshop 4 HHW After Collection will focus on the operational aspects of HHW management exploring how hazardous household waste is safely transported, temporarily stored, treated, and, where possible, recovered.
PROJECT PARTNERS
