SIST EN 840-1:2020

Mobile waste and recycling containers - Part 1: Containers with 2 wheels with a capacity up to 400 l for comb lifting devices - Dimensions and design

This European Standard specifies dimensions and design requirements of mobile waste and recycling containers with 2 wheels, with capacity up to 400 l to be used by comb lifting devices.

Fahrbare Abfall- und Wertstoffbehälter - Teil 1: Behälter mit 2 Rädern und einem Nennvolumen bis 400 l für Kammschüttungen - Maße und Formgebung

Dieses Dokument legt Maße und Anforderungen an die Formgebung von fahrbaren Abfall  und Wertstoffbehältern mit 2 Rädern und einem Nennvolumen bis 400 l für Kammschüttungen fest.
Diese Behälter sind nur für die vorstehend ausdrücklich benannten Schüttungen zugelassen.

Conteneurs roulants à déchets et de recyclage - Partie 1 : Conteneurs à 2 roues de capacité inférieure ou égale à 400 l pour lève-conteneurs à peigne - Dimensions et conception

Le présent document spécifie les dimensions et les exigences de conception pour les conteneurs roulants à déchets et de recyclage à 2 roues dont la capacité est inférieure ou égale à 400 l, pour lève conteneurs à peigne.
Ces conteneurs sont uniquement approuvés pour les lève-conteneurs explicitement mentionnés ci dessus.

Premični zabojniki za odpadke in za recikliranje - 1. del: Zabojniki na dveh kolesih s prostornino do 400 l za iztresalnike z glavnikom - Mere in oblika

General Information

• Status: Published
• Public Enquiry End Date: 30-Sep-2018
• Publication Date: 22-Apr-2020
• ICS: 13.030.40 - Installations and equipment for waste disposal and treatment
• Technical Committee: I13 - Imaginarni 13
• Current Stage: 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 16-Apr-2020
• Due Date: 21-Jun-2020
• Completion Date: 23-Apr-2020
• Ref Project: EN 840-1:2020 - Mobile waste and recycling containers - Part 1: Containers with 2 wheels with a capacity up to 400 l for comb lifting devices - Dimensions and design

Relations

• Replaces: SIST EN 840-1:2013 - Mobile waste and recycling containers - Part 1: Containers with 2 wheels with a capacity up to 400 l for comb lifting devices - Dimensions and design
• Effective Date: 15-Apr-2020
• Amends: SIST EN 840-1:2013 - Mobile waste and recycling containers - Part 1: Containers with 2 wheels with a capacity up to 400 l for comb lifting devices - Dimensions and design
• Effective Date: 01-Jun-2016
• Corrected By: SIST EN 840-1:2020/AC:2021 - Mobile waste and recycling containers - Part 1: Containers with 2 wheels with a capacity up to 400 l for comb lifting devices - Dimensions and design
• Effective Date: 07-Oct-2020

Overview

EN 840-1:2020 - "Mobile waste and recycling containers - Part 1: Containers with 2 wheels with a capacity up to 400 l for comb lifting devices - Dimensions and design" is the CEN European standard that defines dimensional, design and marking requirements for two‑wheeled mobile waste and recycling containers intended for use with comb lifting devices. It applies to containers with nominal volumes up to 400 L and ensures interchangeability, safety and compatibility with approved lifting equipment.

Key topics and technical requirements

• Scope and classes
  • Covers two classes: Class I (up to 200 L) and Class II (200–400 L), with a list of commonly used nominal volumes and tolerances.
  • Nominal volumes follow the table in the standard; tolerances and measurement methods reference EN 840-5.
• Dimensions and functional design
  • Defines mandatory functional and safety dimensions (see Tables 3 and 4) to guarantee compatibility with comb lifting devices.
  • Specifies two frontal receiver forms (Form A or B) for interfacing with lifting equipment.
• Structural and performance criteria
  • Containers must carry a nominal load computed as 0.4 kg/dm³ × nominal volume.
  • Each wheel must withstand a static load of 100 kg.
  • Surfaces must be smooth and free of foreign bodies or flaws; containers must be immobilisable by design.
• Lid and wheel requirements
  • Lids must completely cover openings, have at least two fixing points and at least one means of opening; lids should open automatically during emptying cycles.
  • Larger wheels are permitted within specified limits (see standard for dimensional allowances).
• Testing, safety and marking
  • Performance tests and capacity measurement methods are covered by EN 840-5; health and safety requirements follow EN 840-6.
  • Mandatory marking: reference to EN 840-1, nominal volume, manufacturer/trademark, total permissible mass (kg), and year/month of manufacture.
• Designation
  • Standard provides a designation format (e.g., Container EN 840-1 240 A 96) indicating standard number, nominal volume, frontal receiver form and nominal load.

Applications and users

• Manufacturers of mobile waste and recycling containers designing 2‑wheel containers for municipal, commercial or residential use.
• Producers of refuse collection vehicles and lifting devices (comb lifters) who require compatible container interfaces.
• Municipal waste managers, procurement officers and specifiers who select containers to ensure operational safety, interchangeability and compliance.
• Testing laboratories and conformity assessors using referenced test methods (EN 840-5 / EN 840-6).

Related standards

• EN 840-5: Performance requirements and test methods (capacity measurement)
• EN 840-6: Safety and health requirements
• EN 1501-5 (in preparation): Lifting devices for refuse collection vehicles
• EN ISO 11469: Plastic identification and marking

Practical takeaway: EN 840-1:2020 standardizes dimensions and key design features for 2‑wheel containers up to 400 L to ensure safe, interchangeable, and testable use with comb lifting systems across Europe.

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-junij-2020
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 840-1:2013
Premični zabojniki za odpadke in za recikliranje - 1. del: Zabojniki na dveh kolesih
s prostornino do 400 l za iztresalnike z glavnikom - Mere in oblika
Mobile waste and recycling containers - Part 1: Containers with 2 wheels with a capacity
up to 400 l for comb lifting devices - Dimensions and design
Fahrbare Abfall- und Wertstoffbehälter - Teil 1: Behälter mit 2 Rädern und einem
Nennvolumen bis 400 l für Kammschüttungen - Maße und Formgebung
Conteneurs roulants à déchets et de recyclage - Partie 1 : Conteneurs à 2 roues de
capacité inférieure ou égale à 400 l pour lève-conteneurs à peigne - Dimensions et
conception
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 840-1:2020
ICS:
13.030.40 Naprave in oprema za Installations and equipment
odstranjevanje in obdelavo for waste disposal and
odpadkov treatment
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN 840-1
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
April 2020
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 13.030.40 Supersedes EN 840-1:2012
English Version
Mobile waste and recycling containers - Part 1: Containers
with 2 wheels with a capacity up to 400 l for comb lifting
devices - Dimensions and design
Conteneurs roulants à déchets et de recyclage - Partie 1 Fahrbare Abfall- und Wertstoffbehälter - Teil 1:
: Conteneurs à 2 roues de capacité inférieure ou égale Behälter mit 2 Rädern und einem Nennvolumen bis
à 400 l pour lève-conteneurs à peigne - Dimensions et 400 l für Kammschüttungen - Maße und Formgebung
conception
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 7 October 2019.

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, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and
United Kingdom.
EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION
COMITÉ EUROPÉEN DE NORMALISATION

EUROPÄISCHES KOMITEE FÜR NORMUNG

CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels
© 2020 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. EN 840-1:2020 E
worldwide for CEN national Members.

Contents Page
European foreword . 3
1 Scope . 4
2 Normative references . 4
3 Terms and definitions . 4
4 Volumes . 5
5 Dimensions and design . 6
6 Nominal mass . 6
7 Safety and health requirements . 6
8 Testing . 6
9 Marking . 6
10 Designation. 7
Annex A (informative) Nomenclature . 14
Bibliography . 18

European foreword
This document (EN 840-1:2020) 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 October 2020, and conflicting national standards shall
be withdrawn at the latest by October 2020.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN 840-1:2012.
The main changes compared to the previous edition are listed below:
a) Table 2 "Examples of the most frequent assignments of classes and volumes" has been added:
b) Tables 3 and 4 have been revised and new recommendations were added;
c) Figure 3 "Functional dimension for frontal receivers" has been updated;
d) former Annex B "Recommendations for manufacturers of lifting devices" has been deleted;
e) document has been editorially revised and brought in line with the state of the art.
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, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland,
Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of
North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the
United Kingdom.
1 Scope
This document specifies dimensions and design requirements of mobile waste and recycling containers
with 2 wheels, with capacity up to 400 l to be used by comb lifting devices.
These containers are only approved for the before explicitly mentioned lifting devices.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. 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, Mobile waste and recycling containers — Part 5: Performance requirements and test methods
EN 840-6, Mobile waste and recycling containers — Part 6: Safety and health requirements
EN 1501-5:— , Refuse collection vehicles — General requirements and safety requirements — Part 5:
Lifting devices for refuse collection vehicles
EN ISO 11469, Plastics - Generic identification and marking of plastics products (ISO 11469)
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
• IEC Electropedia: available at http://www.electropedia.org/
• ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp
NOTE Terms for components of mobile waste and recycling containers and lifting devices in three languages
are given in Annex A.
3.1
mobile waste and recycling container
appropriately designed container fitted with wheels intended to temporarily store waste
3.2
lifting device
structure which picks-up, tilts and empties containers
3.3
comb lifting device
lifting device in which the picking-up system consists of a row of teeth and a locking system to retain
the container during emptying
3.4
volume
total space inside the container when the lid is closed

Under preparation. Stage at the time of publication: FprEN 1501-5.
Note 1 to entry: See Table 1.
3.5
nominal volume
capacity
volume stated by the manufacturer
Note 1 to entry: See Table 1 without tolerances.
Note 2 to entry: The English term “capacity” and the French term “capacité” are translated in the German
version by the term “Nennvolumen”.
3.6
nominal load
load mass of 0,4 kg/dm x nominal volume
Note 1 to entry: See Clause 6.
3.7
total permissible mass
mass of the container plus the nominal load
3.8
functional and safety dimension
essential dimensions which ensure the functionality and interchangeability of the container with the
compatible lifting device and which are necessary for the operator's safety and health
4 Volumes
This standard identifies the two classes of containers:
— Class I - small size (nominal volume up to 200 l);
— Class II - large size (nominal volume between 200 l and 400 l).
Within the two above-mentioned classes of containers the volumes shown in Table 1 are identified.
Table 1 — Volumes
Volumes, in l
390± 20
+13 +18 +8 +6 +40 +25 +15 +15 +25 +40
60 80 120 140 180 190 210 240 260 340
−5 −5 −6 −12 −10 −10 −5 −5 −5 −25

For methods of measuring capacity, see EN 840-5.
The volumes shown in Table 1 correspond to mobile waste and recycling container's capacities at
present used in Europe. Since there are some overlapping capacities due to the tolerances, client and
manufacturer shall decide while ordering the capacity chosen.
Nominal volumes different from those referenced in Table 1 can be used by agreement between user
and manufacturer. The tolerance of the volumes shall be ± 10 % maximum measured according to
EN 840-5. Table 2 includes examples of the most frequent assignments of classes and volumes of the
containers.
Table 2 — Examples of the most frequent assignments of classes and volumes
Class I a Class I b Class I c Class I d Class II a Class II b Class II c Class II d
e.g. e.g. e.g. e.g. e.g. e.g. e.g. e.g.
60 l 120 l 140 l 180 l 210 l 240 l 340 l 390 l
80 l 110 l 190 l 190 l 260 l 370 l
90 l 180 l 360 l 400 l
5 Dimensions and design
5.1 The design of the containers need not correspond to the drawings given in Figure 1. The
functional dimensions given in Tables 3 and 4 shall be respected. For compatibility in lifting devices, the
container shall correspond to its dimensions within the selected class type (Table 3, Table 4).
5.2 The container shall be constructed so that when it is unloaded or loaded with a nominal load
(see Clause 6), it fits on an approved compatible lifting device. It shall be automatically locked safely
into the lifting device during the lifting operation. The frontal receiver shall correspond to one of the
options given in Fig
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