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B/183 - Waste containers and associated lifting devices on refuse collection vehicles

Sector: Sustainability

Categories: Waste. Equipment and installations. Disposal and treatment. | Services. General | Services. Consumers | Road vehicle engineering | IT applications. Other | Cranes | Sacks. Bags | IT applications. Transport and trade | Hospital equipment | Colour coding | Buildings. Other | Wastes. General | Lifting equipment. Other | Graphical symbols. Other | Wastes | Special purpose vehicles | Noise. Transport | Environment. Health protection. Safety | Car informatics. On board computer systems | Sanitary installations

Overview: Under the direction of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee, is responsible for the UK input to CEN/TC 183 ‘Waste management’ and the preparation, revision and amendment of British Standards for waste containers & storage and ISO/TC 297 ‘Waste collection and transportation management’

Committee standards activity

In Progress (14)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
Draft Decision C4/2024 - Adoption of NWI - Revision of EN 1501-5:2021

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules | Engineering | Road vehicles engineering | Special purpose vehicles

Proposal begins : 2023-11-28 		Proposal
Draft Decision C3/2024 - Adoption of NWI - Revision of EN 1501-3:2021

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules | Engineering | Road vehicles engineering | Special purpose vehicles

Proposal begins : 2023-11-28 		Proposal
Draft Decision C3/2023 - Adoption of a New Work Item (ISO 24162)

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules | Environment | Wastes | Waste. Equipment and installations. Disposal and treatment.

Proposal begins : 2023-07-26 		Proposal
Draft Decision C2/2024 - Adoption of NWI - Revision of EN 1501-2:2021

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules | Engineering | Road vehicles engineering | Special purpose vehicles

Proposal begins : 2023-11-28 		Proposal
Draft Decision C1/2024 - Adoption of NWI - Revision of EN 1501-1:2021

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules | Engineering | Road vehicles engineering | Special purpose vehicles

Proposal begins : 2023-11-28 		Proposal
Draft Decision C1/2023 - Adoption of NWI - Mobile IT-Systems

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules | ICT | Information technology | IT applications. Transport and trade | IT applications. Other

Proposal begins : 2022-12-19 		Proposal
Draft Dec C2/2023 - Adoption of NWI - Amendment to EN 14803 Draft Dec C2/2023 - Adoption of NWI - Amendment to EN 14803

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules | Environment | Wastes | Waste. Equipment and installations. Disposal and treatment.

Proposal begins : 2023-02-17 		Proposal
BS EN 18158 Waste management - Mobile IT systems - Requirements for the XML interface Office-Mobile

Categories: Waste. Equipment and installations. Disposal and treatment.

Public comment begins : 2025-02-13 		Public comment
BS EN 1501-5 EN 1501-5 Refuse collection vehicles. General requirements and safety requirements. Part 5: Lifting devices for refuse collection vehicles

Categories: Special purpose vehicles

Public comment begins : 2025-06-05 		Public comment
BS EN 1501-3 EN 1501-3 Refuse collection vehicles. General requirements and safety requirements. Part 3: Front loaded refuse collection vehicles

Categories: Special purpose vehicles

Public comment begins : 2025-06-05 		Public comment
Published (28)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD ISO/TS 24159:2022 Refuse collection vehicles. Safety of manual and rear-loaded refuse collection vehicles

Categories: Special purpose vehicles

Published standard begins : 2022-08-23 		Published standard
PD CEN/TR 16596:2013 Electric-electronic interface between chassis-cab and bodywork of refuse collection vehicles (RCVs)

Categories: Car informatics. On board computer systems | Special purpose vehicles

Published standard begins : 2013-11-20 		Published standard
BS ISO 24162:2022 Test method for energy consumption of refuse collection vehicles

Categories: Special purpose vehicles

Published standard begins : 2022-04-04 		Published standard
BS ISO 24160:2022 Refuse collection vehicles. Waste odour and leachate prevention and control

Categories: Special purpose vehicles

Published standard begins : 2022-07-13 		Published standard
BS ISO 13155:2025 Refuse collection vehicles. Vocabulary, classification and requirements for commercial specifications

Categories: Road vehicle engineering | Special purpose vehicles

Published standard begins : 2025-08-12 		Published standard
BS EN ISO 24161:2024 Waste collection and transportation management. Vocabulary

Categories: Environment. Health protection. Safety | Wastes. General

Published standard begins : 2024-05-13 		Published standard
BS EN 840-6:2020 Mobile waste and recycling containers. Safety and health requirements

Categories: Waste. Equipment and installations. Disposal and treatment.

Published standard begins : 2020-04-17 		Published standard
BS EN 840-5:2020 Mobile waste and recycling containers. Performance requirements and test methods

Categories: Waste. Equipment and installations. Disposal and treatment.

Published standard begins : 2020-04-16 		Published standard
BS EN 840-4:2020 Mobile waste and recycling containers. Containers with 4 wheels with a capacity up to 1 700 l with flat lid(s), for wide trunnion or BG- and/or wide comb lifting devices. Dimensions and design

Categories: Waste. Equipment and installations. Disposal and treatment.

Published standard begins : 2020-04-17 		Published standard
BS EN 840-3:2020 Mobile waste and recycling containers. Containers with 4 wheels with a capacity up to 1 300 l with dome lid(s), for trunnion and/or comb lifting devices. Dimensions and design

Categories: Waste. Equipment and installations. Disposal and treatment.

Published standard begins : 2020-04-17 		Published standard
Withdrawn (31)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD CEN/TR 16815:2015 CleANopen. Application profile for municipal vehicles

Categories: IT applications. Transport and trade | Car informatics. On board computer systems | Special purpose vehicles

Withdrawn begins : 2019-04-15 		Withdrawn
BS ISO 24161:2022 Waste collection and transportation management. Vocabulary

Categories: Environment. Health protection. Safety | Wastes. General

Withdrawn begins : 2024-05-13 		Withdrawn
BS EN 840-6:2012 Mobile waste and recycling containers. Safety and health requirements

Categories: Waste. Equipment and installations. Disposal and treatment.

Withdrawn begins : 2020-04-17 		Withdrawn
BS EN 840-6:2004+A1:2008 Mobile waste containers. Safety and health requirements

Categories: Waste. Equipment and installations. Disposal and treatment.

Withdrawn begins : 2013-01-11 		Withdrawn
BS EN 840-6:1997 Mobile waste containers. Safety and health requirements

Categories: Waste. Equipment and installations. Disposal and treatment.

Withdrawn begins : 2004-03-17 		Withdrawn
BS EN 840-5:2012 Mobile waste and recycling containers. Performance requirements and test methods

Categories: Waste. Equipment and installations. Disposal and treatment.

Withdrawn begins : 2020-04-16 		Withdrawn
BS EN 840-5:2004 Mobile waste containers. Performance requirements and test methods

Categories: Waste. Equipment and installations. Disposal and treatment.

Withdrawn begins : 2013-01-03 		Withdrawn
BS EN 840-4:2012 Mobile waste and recycling containers. Containers with 4 wheels with a capacity up to 1 700 l with flat lid(s), for wide trunnion or BG- and/or wide comb lifting devices. Dimensions and design

Categories: Waste. Equipment and installations. Disposal and treatment.

Withdrawn begins : 2020-04-17 		Withdrawn
BS EN 840-4:2004 Mobile waste containers. Containers with 4 wheels with capacity up to 1 700 l with flat lid(s), for wide trunnion or BG- and/or wide comb lifting devices. Dimensions and design.

Categories: Waste. Equipment and installations. Disposal and treatment.

Withdrawn begins : 2012-12-18 		Withdrawn
BS EN 840-3:2012 Mobile waste and recycling containers. Containers with 4 wheels with a capacity up to 1 300 l with dome lid(s), for trunnion and/or comb lifting devices. Dimensions and design

Categories: Waste. Equipment and installations. Disposal and treatment.

Withdrawn begins : 2020-04-17 		Withdrawn