Tarmac Products and REACH Registration
Product / Needs to be registered? / Why? / Action taken / Substance EINECS Number/Chemical Name / Other informationNatural Aggregates
(including granular & powdered aggregates) / No / Exempt under Annex V, paragraph 7 (Naturally occurring mineral) / N/A
Slag Aggregates / Yes / Substance / Registration completed by slag producer. / 266-004-1(Blast Furnace Slag);
294-409-3 (Steel Slag);
266-002-0 (Ground, Granulated Blast Furnace Slag – GGBS) / REACH Registration numbers:
BOS Steel Slag:
01-2119487458-21-0008;
Secondary Steel Slag:
01-2119487457-23-0016;
GGBS:
01-2119487456-25.
Asphalt / No / Preparation / Component substanceseither exempt or registered by suppliers / Contains bitumen - a hydrocarbon derived from distillation of crude oil
Asphalt - Deferred Set / No / Preparation / Component substances either exempt or registered by suppliers / Contains flux oil
Asphalt – Modified
including coloured asphalt (Ulticolour) / No / Preparation / Component substances either exempt or registered by suppliers / Contains bitumen. May contain polymers, cellulose fibres, natural & synthetic latex and pigment
Asphalt - Foam Master -(containing bitumen – no coal tar) / No / Preparation / Component substances either exempt or registered by suppliers / Contains bitumen, cement, PFA
Asphalt – Foam Master (containing tar) / No / Waste – Article 2(2) states that REACH does not apply to waste. Foam Master containing tar is produced as part of a specialised waste remediation process and does not cease to be a waste at any point. / N/A
The material is not available for general sale or use. / Contains coal tar (CAS 8007-45-2, EC 232-361-7) which is listed in the Annex III Inventory and the Candidate list of substances of very high concern (SVHC) for authorization.
Tarmac Edge master Edge Sealer / No / Preparation / Component substancesregistered by suppliers
Repair Master (Emcol Product) / No / Preparation / Component substances either exempt or registered by suppliers / Contains white spirit and fluxed bitumens
Ready-Mixed Concrete / No / Preparation / Component substances either exempt or registered by suppliers / Contains cement
Cement / No / Preparation / Component substances either exempt or registered by suppliers / Cement clinker is exempt from registration
Calcium Oxide (Quick Lime) / Yes / Substance / Registration completed by Tarmac / 215-138-9 / REACH registration no. 01-2119475325-36-0121
Calcium Dihydroxide (Calcium Hydroxide/ Hydrate/ Hydrated Lime) / Yes / Substance / Registration completed by Tarmac / 215-137-3 / REACH registration no.
01-2119475151-45-0135
Recycled Asphalt / No / Articles / Recycled aggregates containing bituminous asphalt are articles and do not need to be registered. / See ECHA guidance on waste & recovered substances (published may 2010)1 for further details.
Recycled Concrete / No / Articles / Recycled aggregates containing concrete are articles and do not need to be registered. / Reaction product of cement clinker, calcium sulfate, water and either Ashes (residues) or Slags, ferrous metal, blast furnace' / See ECHA guidance on waste & recovered substances (published may 2010)1 for further details.
Recycled Demolition Aggregates / No / Articles / Recycled aggregate from construction & demolition waste are articles and do not need to be registered. / See ECHA guidance on waste & recovered substances (published may 2010)1 for further details.
Recycled Rail Ballast / No / Exempt under Annex V, paragraph 7 (Naturally occurring mineral). Would also be considered to be articles
Recycled Demolition Aggregates - Brick / No / Articles / Recycled aggregates containing bricks are articles and do not need to be registered. / See ECHA guidance on waste & recovered substances (published may 2010)1 for further details.
Recycled Aggregates - Soil / No / Exempt under Annex V, paragraph 7, or may contain secondary recycled aggregates which are articles. May contain compost which is exempt under Annex V / N/A
Recycled Aggregates - Glass / No / Exempt under Annex V, paragraph 11 / N/A
1 ECHA guidance on waste & recovered substances:
REACH customer information July 2017