Description of Wastes 

Purpose

See Basic Data.

Prerequisites

You have created or imported the required phrases in phrase management in the SAP Basic Data and Tools component for all fields and characteristics that are provided for value assignment by phrases, and you have assigned these phrases to the phrase sets. For more information, see the Phrase Management section of the Basic Data and Tools documentation and in Customizing for Waste Management under Create Phrase Sets.

Process Flow

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       1.      In phrase management in Basic Data and Tools, you edit the required waste catalogs (see Editing Waste Catalogs).

       2.      In specification management in Basic Data and Tools, you edit the required waste codes and assign them to the waste catalogs (see Editing Waste Codes).

       3.      In the SAP component Materials Management, you edit the materials that correspond to the wastes (see Editing Materials for Wastes).

We recommend that you create your own materials for wastes, even if an existing material becomes a waste, due to a shortfall batch or its shelf life date expiring, for example (see Disposal Processing for Existing Materials).

       4.      In specification management in Basic Data and Tools, you enter and edit the specifications of the wastes (see Editing Specifications for Wastes).

You can import phrases and specifications, and thus also waste catalogs, waste codes, and specifications of wastes, in Basic Data and Tools. This means that you can transfer data from legacy systems or obtain it from providers. For more information, see Import and Export in the Basic Data and Tools documentation.

       5.      You assign waste codes and materials to the specifications of wastes as required. You can find out when to assign waste codes and materials to the specifications under Waste Code Assignment or Specification-to-Waste Assignment.

       6.      If the wastes are dangerous goods, enter the required dangerous goods data in the SAP Dangerous Goods Management component. Dangerous goods processing for waste is carried out in the same way as for other materials. For more information about the entries required, see the documentation for Dangerous Goods Management. For information about how to output the required dangerous goods data on the disposal documents, see Output of Dangerous Goods Data on Disposal Documents.

Result

The wastes, waste codes, and waste catalogs entered are available to you in the other SAP Waste Management components and make entry and further processing easier.

In the master data you can assign wastes to the waste generators, waste disposers, and waste transporters and in doing so, specify waste generations, waste disposals, and waste transports.

You can assign the waste codes to the wastes, waste approvals, and disposal documents in various ways (see Waste Code Assignment) and thus map standard values from laws and regulations.

You can output the data for wastes, waste codes, and waste catalogs on disposal documents and other reports, such as material safety data sheets.