Environment, Health & Safety (EHS)

Identification or coding of packaging based on UN recommendations.

Packaging codes are identical across international boundaries.

The code number is composed of one Arabic numeral for the packaging type (two numerals for large packaging materials), one or more Latin letters for the basic material, and another numeral for the packaging category.

Example:

1st character (packaging type)

1 = Drum

2 = Wooden barrel

2nd and 3rd characters (basic material)

A = Steel

H = Plastics material

4th character (packaging category)

1 = Bung

2 = Head