BS EN 13071‑1:2019 pdf download.Stationary waste containers up to 5 000 l, top lifted and bottom emptied Part 1: General requirements.
4 General requirements 4.1 Recommendations The installation site of a container shall be compatible with the collection operations. It means it shall respect the following constraints: — the maximum distance between the vertical axis of the lifting connection and the vertical axis of the lifting crane shall not be more than 5 000 mm; — the access of the collection vehicle shall be valid and safe at any time; — the environment of the container, as well as the distance between the container and the parking place of the collection vehicle shall be free of any obstacle, to allow safe collection operations: like trees, urban furniture, electric wires, parking places, both horizontal and plain ground; — at least once a year a control shall be conducted by expert party on the container and particularly on all lifting and emptying accessories: emptying device, emptying hatch(es), lifting connection, handling container system, locking system. For this purpose, the container shall be designed to allow safe and easy access to these parts, and the supplier shall provide its recommendations for these operations;— internal and external cleaning operations shall be recommended, at least once a year; — the customer shall verify that the collecting service uses the right dedicated equipment (crane, lifting accessory, interface / lifting connections, …).
4.2 Design The container shall be constructed so that when it is handled with a nominal load, it fits on a designated lifting device. It shall be safely locked to the lifting accessory during the lifting operation. The container shall not include any element that will result in collected materials being retained thereby compromising complete emptying. The container shall be constructed such that it can be easily dismantled at its end of life. An “end-of-life notice” shall be provided, materials shall be marked in accordance with ISO standards. There shall not exist any possibility of opening or closing the emptying hatches of the container without a wilful action pursued by the operator. Opening and closing command of the emptying hatch shall be made without shock, as far as possible. Opening of the emptying hatch of the container shall not be possible when the container is in collection position. Container shall be equipped, on the lower part, with a liquid recuperator, minimum 2 %.
4.3 Filling apertures Dimensions of filling apertures: — Filling aperture’s height over 900 mm: round filling apertures having a diameter more than 200 mm or whatever other form ones with at least one dimension more than 150 mm shall be equipped with a self-closing device (drum, lid, cover flap, …) or a locking mechanism. — Filling aperture’s height under 900 mm: round filling apertures having a diameter more than 200 mm or whatever other form ones with at least one dimension more than 150 mm shall be equipped with a self-closing device (drum, lid, cover flap, …) and with a safety device that will prevent any accidental falling into the container. — Large filling apertures (over 100 l or tri dimensional ones, and bi-dimensional ones with at least one dimension more than 500 mm) shall be reserved to authorized and informed people and be equipped with a locking device. — The volume of filling apertures when tri-dimensional is calculated by simulating the quantity of water (in litres) it can contain.BS EN 13071‑1 pdf download.