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Mobile waste and recycling containers - Part 6: Safety and health requirements
Fahrbare Abfall- und Wertstoffbehälter - Teil 6: Sicherheits- und
Gesundheitsschutzanforderungen
Conteneurs roulants à ordures ménagères et recyclables - Partie 6 : Exigences
d'hygiène et de sécurité
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 840-6:2012
ICS:
13.030.40 Naprave in oprema za Installations and equipment
odstranjevanje in obdelavo for waste disposal and
odpadkov treatment
SIST EN 840-6:2014 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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SIST EN 840-6:2014

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SIST EN 840-6:2014


EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 840-6

NORME EUROPÉENNE

EUROPÄISCHE NORM
December 2012
ICS 13.030.40 Supersedes EN 840-6:2004+A1:2008
English Version
Mobile waste and recycling containers - Part 6: Safety and
health requirements
Conteneurs roulants à ordures ménagères et recyclables - Fahrbare Abfall- und Wertstoffbehälter - Teil 6: Sicherheits-
Partie 6 : Exigences d'hygiène et de sécurité und Gesundheitsschutzanforderungen
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 23 September 2012.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European
Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national
standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation
under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same
status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United
Kingdom.





EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION
COMITÉ EUROPÉEN DE NORMALISATION

EUROPÄISCHES KOMITEE FÜR NORMUNG

Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B-1000 Brussels
© 2012 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. EN 840-6:2012: E
worldwide for CEN national Members.

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EN 840-6:2012 (E)
Contents Page
Foreword .3
1 Scope .4
2 Normative references .4
3 General requirements of construction .4
4 Handles .4
5 Wheels .6
6 Direction block .6
7 Brakes .7
8 Edges .7
9 Lids .7
10 Cleaning .7
11 Instructions for use .7
Annex A (informative) A-Deviations .9
Bibliography . 10

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EN 840-6:2012 (E)
Foreword
This document (EN 840-6:2012) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 183 “Waste
management”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical
text or by endorsement, at the latest by June 2013, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at
the latest by June 2013.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent
rights. CEN [and/or CENELEC] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN 840-6:2004+A1:2008.
Technical changes since the latest edition:
 The content was adapted to the current state of the art and revised editorially.
 Entry 4.3 and Figure 3 about handles have been added.
This European Standard is one part of the series of standards of EN 840 with the main title Mobile waste and
recycling containers comprising the following parts:
 Part 1: Containers with 2 wheels with a capacity up to 400 l for comb lifting devices  Dimensions and
design;
 Part 2: Containers with 4 wheels with a capacity up to 1 300 l with flat lid(s), for trunnion and/or comb
lifting devices  Dimensions and design;
 Part 3: 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;
 Part 4: 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;
 Part 5: Performance requirements and test methods;
 Part 6: Safety and health requirements (the present document).
According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the following
countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece,
Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal,
Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
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1 Scope
This European Standard provides the essential safety, health and ergonomic requirements for mobile waste
and recycling containers according to EN 840-1 to EN 840-4, not including hazardous wastes containers.
2 Normative references
The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are
indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references,
the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 840-5:2012, Mobile waste and recycling containers — Part 5: Performance requirements and test methods
3 General requirements of construction
3.1 The container shall be constructed so that when it is unloaded or loaded with a nominal mass, it has a
secure fit on an approved compatible lifting device and shall be automatically locked safely into the lifting
device during the tilting and emptying operation.
3.2 The container shall be safely fitted to the lifting device of the vehicle without being carried or lifted
manually.
3.3 Wheeled containers shall be constructed so that, under test conditions according to EN 840-5, the
pushing and pulling forces to keep the container moving shall not exce
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