BS EN 13071-3:2019

What is BS EN 13071‑3 - Stationary waste containers about?

BS EN 13071 discusses waste containers. BS EN 13071‑3 is the third part of the multi-series on stationary waste containers up to 5 000 l. BS EN 13071‑3 specifies the requirements for the container lifting and opening/closing/locking connections to be used during the loading and unloading operations of the containers top lifted and bottom emptied.

Who is BS EN 13071‑3 - Stationary waste containers for?

BS EN 13071‑3 on stationary waste containers is useful for:

• Health and safety personnel
• Manufacturers of work equipment
• Designers and manufacturers of stationary waste containers
• Recycling plants
• Waste transporters
• Research and development teams

Why should you use BS EN 13071‑3 - Stationary waste containers?

Work equipment is designed and constructed so that it can be operated without putting persons at risk. The manufacturer has to consider the intended conditions of use, but also any reasonably foreseeable misuse.

BS EN 13071‑3 provides requirements intended to support the corresponding essential health and safety requirements. BS EN 13071‑3 discusses an upper shape for loop, and dimensions of mushroom lifting connection.

What’s changed since the last update?

BS EN 13071‑3:2019 supersedes EN 13071-3:2011.

The main technical changes compared to EN 13071-3:2011 are as follows:

• Terminological entries for "container lifting connection" (3.1) and "container handling system" (3.2) have been revised
• References have been updated
• Requirement for single loop container (4.2.2.1) has been added
• New subclauses “Compatibility between handling system and mushroom” (4.2.4) and “Movement of a locking loop/mushroom” (4.2.5) have been added
• Table 1 and Figure B.1 have been revised