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SPECIMEN safety data sheet: Pyrolysis oil (plastic-derived)

THIS IS A SPECIMEN. IT IS NOT A SAFETY DATA SHEET.

It is published as a worked example, to show which information belongs in which of the sixteen sections required by Regulation (EU) 2020/878. It contains no batch data, no supplier data and no customer data, and it must never be supplied, presented or relied upon as a real safety data sheet.

Sustainable Commodities 3 B.V. is a broker. It does not manufacture, import or supply this product, and it is not a supplier within the meaning of Article 3(32) of REACH. Only the actual supplier may issue a safety data sheet, and only that document describes the material you are buying. Ask your supplier for it.

Document type: Specimen / illustrative example
Structure: 16 sections per Regulation (EU) 2020/878
Published by: Sustainable Commodities 3 B.V., Lemmer, the Netherlands
Website: www.sustainablecommodities.eu
Batch data: None. By design.
Legal effect: None

1.Identification of the substance/mixture and of the company/undertaking

Product: Liquid hydrocarbon produced by thermal cracking of waste plastic, traded as a petrochemical cracker feedstock or for further upgrading.

Identified use: Feedstock for steam cracking and refining. Not a finished fuel.

Document issued by: Sustainable Commodities 3 B.V., Lemsterpad 54-A1, 8531 AA Lemmer, the Netherlands, https://www.sustainablecommodities.eu

Role: broker and intermediary. Sustainable Commodities does not manufacture, import or supply this product and is not a supplier within the meaning of Article 3(32) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH). The actual supplier is required to provide the safety data sheet for the material you buy.

Emergency telephone: to be stated by the actual supplier.

2.Hazards identification

Commonly classified as flammable, an aspiration hazard, and as a carcinogen category 1B where benzene or comparable aromatics are present. This is the most hazardous product on this page and should be treated accordingly.

Flammable liquid and vapour. Flash point is frequently below ambient.

May cause cancer where benzene and comparable aromatics are present. Carcinogenicity classification is common for this material type.

Aspiration hazard: may be fatal if swallowed and enters airways.

Vapours may contain hydrogen sulphide and light hydrocarbons; treat headspace as potentially toxic and oxygen deficient.

3.Composition/information on ingredients

Complex hydrocarbon mixture: paraffins, olefins, naphthenes and aromatics. Composition varies substantially with feedstock and reactor conditions.

Chlorine, silicon, nitrogen and metals content are the parameters a cracker screens on, and they vary far more than with a conventional feedstock.

4.First aid measures

Not completed in this specimen. In a real safety data sheet this section must be completed by the supplier for the specific material.

5.Firefighting measures

Not completed in this specimen. In a real safety data sheet this section must be completed by the supplier for the specific material.

6.Accidental release measures

Not completed in this specimen. In a real safety data sheet this section must be completed by the supplier for the specific material.

7.Handling and storage

Handle as a flammable hydrocarbon: inert atmosphere, bonded and earthed transfer, explosion-protected equipment, no ignition sources.

Vapour space monitoring before entry. Full respiratory protection for tank work.

8.Exposure controls/personal protection

Benzene exposure limits apply where benzene is present. Personal monitoring should be considered.

Chemically resistant gloves, eye protection and, for enclosed work, supplied air respiratory protection.

9.Physical and chemical properties

Appearance: liquid, straw to dark brown or black. Characteristic hydrocarbon odour.

Density and boiling range vary widely by process. Batch values must come from the analysis.

10.Stability and reactivity

Not completed in this specimen. In a real safety data sheet this section must be completed by the supplier for the specific material.

11.Toxicological information

Where classified as a carcinogen, exposure must be reduced to as low as reasonably practicable and occupational health surveillance may apply.

12.Ecological information

Not completed in this specimen. In a real safety data sheet this section must be completed by the supplier for the specific material.

13.Disposal considerations

Not completed in this specimen. In a real safety data sheet this section must be completed by the supplier for the specific material.

14.Transport information

Normally dangerous goods. UN number and packing group depend on the flash point and composition of the actual material. Do not ship without classifying the specific batch.

15.Regulatory information

Where placed on the EU market, REACH registration or a valid exemption is required. Fuels from non-renewable waste fall under the recycled carbon fuel rules rather than under Annex IX.

16.Other information

Not completed in this specimen. In a real safety data sheet this section must be completed by the supplier for the specific material.

What to do with this

Use it as a checklist when you receive a safety data sheet from a supplier: if a section is blank or vague where this specimen says a value is needed, that is worth a question before the cargo moves.

Read the full Plastic pyrolysis oil (PPO) page for specifications, standards and how the product actually trades.

See the section-by-section guide for what each of the sixteen sections is for, and the document library for where to obtain genuine scheme documents.