Guide to Classification
Tables
- Table 1. Reasons Why Wastes or Materials Are Intended for Disposal/Recycling
- Table 2. Disposal Operations for Hazardous Waste [Schedule 1 of Export and Import of Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Recyclable Material Regulations (EIHWHRMR)]
- Table 3. Recycling Operations for Hazardous Recyclable Material (Schedule 2 of EIHWHRMR)
- Table 4. Generic Types of Potentially Hazardous Wastes
- Table 5. Constituents of Potentially Hazardous Wastes
- Table 6. List of Hazardous Characteristics
- Table 7. Activities That May Generate Potentially Hazardous Wastes
- Table 8. Core List of Waste Streams to Be Controlled from C(94)152/FINAL
- Table 9. Annex VIII of the Basel Convention
- Table 10. Appendix 4 of Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Decision C(2001)107/Final
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| Q1 | Production residues not otherwise specified below |
| Q2 | Off-specification products (Q3 Products) whose date for appropriate use has expired |
| Q4 | Materials spilled, lost, or having undergone other mishap, including any materials, equipment, etc. contaminated as a result of the mishap |
| Q5 | Materials contaminated or soiled as a result of planned actions, (e.g., residues from cleaning operations, packing materials, containers) |
| Q6 | Unusable parts (e.g., reject batteries, exhausted catalysts) |
| Q7 | Substances that no longer perform satisfactorily (e.g., contaminated acids, contaminated solvents, exhausted tempering salts) |
| Q8 | Residues of industrial processes (e.g., slags, still bottoms) |
| Q9 | Residues from pollution abatement processes ((e.g., scrubber sludges, baghouse dusts, spent filters)) |
| Q10 | Machining/finishing residues (e.g., lathe turning, mill scales) |
| Q11 | Residues from raw material processing (e.g., mining residues, oil field slop) |
| Q12 | Adulterated materials (e.g., oils contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls) |
| Q13 | Any materials, substances, or products whose use has been banned by law in the country of exportation |
| Q14 | Products for which there is no further use (e.g., agricultural, household, office, commercial, and shop discards) |
| Q15 | Materials, substances, or products resulting from remedial actions with respect to contaminated land |
| Q16 | Any materials, substances, or products the generator or exporter declares to be wastes, and which are not contained in the above categories |
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| D1 | Release into or onto land, other than by any of operations D3 to D5 or D12 |
| D2 | Land treatment, such as biodegradation of liquid or sludges in soil |
| D3 | Deep injection, such as injection into wells, salt domes, or naturally occurring repositories |
| D4 | Surface impoundment, such as placing liquids or sludges into pits, ponds, or lagoons |
| D5 | Specially engineered landfilling, such as placement into separate, lined cells that are isolated from each other and the environment |
| D6 | Release into water other than a sea or ocean, other than by operation D4 |
| D7 | Release into a sea or ocean, including sea-bed insertion, other than by operation D4 |
| D8 | Biological treatment not otherwise specified in this schedule |
| D9 | Physical or chemical treatment not otherwise specified in this schedule, such as calcination, neutralization, or precipitation |
| D10 | Incineration or thermal treatment on land |
| D11 | Incineration or thermal treatment at sea |
| D12 | Permanent storage |
| D13 | Blending or mixing prior to any of operations D1 to D12 |
| D14 | Repackaging prior to any of operations D1 to D13 |
| D15 | Release, including the venting of compressed or liquefied gases, or treatment, other than by any of operations D1 to D12 |
| D16 | Testing of a new technology to dispose of hazardous waste |
| D17 | Interim storage prior to any of operations D1 to D12 |
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| R1 | Use as a fuel in an energy recovery system, where the net heating value of the material is at least 12 780 kJ/kg |
| R2 | Recovery or regeneration of substances that have been used as solvents |
| R3 | Recovery of organic substances that have not been used as solvents |
| R4 | Recovery of metals and metal compounds |
| R5 | Recovery of inorganic materials other than metals or metal compounds |
| R6 | Regeneration of acids or bases |
| R7 | Recovery of components used for pollution abatement |
| R8 | Recovery of components from catalysts |
| R9 | Re-refining or re-use of used oil, other than by operation R1 |
| R10 | Land treatment resulting in benefit to agriculture or ecological improvement |
| R11 | Use of residual materials obtained by any of operations R1 to R10 or R14 |
| R12 | Exchange of a recyclable material for another recyclable material prior to recycling by any of operations R1 to R11 or R14 |
| R13 | Accumulation prior to recycling by any of operations R1 to R11 or R14 |
| R14 | Recovery or regeneration of a substance or use or re-use of a recyclable material, other than by any of operations R1 to R10 |
| R15 | Testing of a new technology to recycle a hazardous recyclable material |
| R16 | Interim storage prior to any of operations R1 to R11 or R14 |
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Clinical wastes from medical care in hospitals, medical centres, and clinics |
| 2 | Wastes from the production and preparation of pharmaceutical products |
| 3 | Waste pharmaceuticals, drugs, and medicines |
| 4 | Wastes from the production, formulation, and use of biocides and phytopharmaceuticals |
| 5 | Wastes from the manufacture, formulation, and use of wood-preserving chemicals |
| 6 | Wastes from the production, formulation, and use of organic solvents |
| 7 | Wastes from heat treatment and tempering operations containing cyanides |
| 8 | Waste mineral oils unfit for their originally intended use |
| 9 | Waste oil/water, hydrocarbon/water mixtures, and emulsions |
| 10 | Waste substances and articles containing or contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls, polychlorinated terphenyls , or polybrominated biphenyls |
| 11 | Waste tarry residues arising from refining, distillation, and any pyrolytic treatment |
| 12 | Wastes from production, formulation, and use of inks, dyes, pigments, paints, lacquers, and varnishes |
| 13 | Wastes from production, formulation, and use of resins, latex, plasticizers, and glues/adhesives |
| 14 | Waste chemical substances arising from research and development or teaching activities that are not identified or are new, and whose effects on humans or the environment are unknown |
| 15 | Wastes of an explosive nature that are not subject to other legislation |
| 16 | Wastes from production, formulation, and use of photographic chemicals and processing materials |
| 17 | Wastes resulting from surface treatment of metals and plastics |
| 18 | Residues arising from industrial waste-disposal operations |
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| 19 | Animal or vegetable soaps, fats, or waxes |
| 20 | Non-halogenated organic substances not employed as solvents |
| 21 | Inorganic substances without metals |
| 22 | Ashes or cinders |
| 23 | Soil, sand, or clay, including dredging spoils |
| 24 | Non-cyanidic tempering salts |
| 25 | Metallic dust or powder |
| 26 | Spent catalyst materials |
| 27 | Liquids or sludges containing metals |
| 28 | Residue from pollution-control operations, except numbers 29 and 30 below |
| 29 | Scrubber sludges |
| 30 | Sludges from water-purification plants and wastewater treatment plants |
| 31 | Decarbonization residue |
| 32 | Ion-exchange column residue |
| 33 | Sewage sludges |
| 34 | Wastewaters not otherwise taken into account in Table 4 |
| 35 | Residue from the cleaning of tanks or equipment |
| 36 | Contaminated equipment |
| 37 | Contaminated containers whose contents included one or more of the constituents listed in Table 5 |
| 38 | Batteries and other electrical cells |
| 39 | Vegetable oils |
| 40 | Materials that have been segregated from households and exhibit any of the characteristics listed in Table 6 |
| 41 | Any other wastes containing any of the constituents listed in Table 5 |
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| C1 | Beryllium, beryllium compounds (Y20) |
| C2 | Vanadium compounds |
| C3 | Hexavalent chromium compounds (Y21) |
| C4 | Cobalt compounds |
| C5 | Nickel compounds |
| C6 | Copper compounds (Y22) |
| C7 | Zinc compounds (Y23) |
| C8 | Arsenic, arsenic compounds (Y24) |
| C9 | Selenium, selenium compounds (Y25) |
| C10 | Silver compounds |
| C11 | Cadmium, cadmium compounds (Y26) |
| C12 | Tin compounds |
| C13 | Antimony, antimony compounds (Y27) |
| C14 | Tellurium, tellurium compounds (Y28) |
| C15 | Barium, barium compounds, excluding barium sulfate |
| C16 | Mercury, mercury compounds (Y29) |
| C17 | Thallium, thallium compounds (Y30) |
| C18 | Lead, lead compounds (Y31) |
| C19 | Inorganic sulphides |
| C20 | Inorganic fluorine compounds, excluding calcium fluoride (Y32) |
| C21 | Inorganic cyanides (Y33) |
| C22 | The following alkaline or alkaline earth metals: lithium, sodium, calcium, potassium, and magnesium in combined form |
| C23 | Acidic solutions or acids in solid form (Y34) |
| C24 | Basic solutions or bases in solid form (Y35) |
| C25 | Asbestos (dust and fibres) (Y36) |
| C26 | Organic phosphorus compounds (Y37) |
| C27 | Metal carbonyls (Y19) |
| C28 | Peroxides |
| C29 | Chlorates |
| C30 | Perchlorates |
| C31 | Azides |
| C32 | Polychlorinated biphenyls, polychlorinated terphenyls, polybrominated biphenyls (Y10) |
| C33 | Pharmaceutical or veterinary compounds |
| C34 | Biocides and phyto-pharmaceutical substances |
| C35 | Infectious substances |
| C36 | Creosotes |
| C37 | Isocyanates, thiocyanates |
| C38 | Organic cyanides (Y38) |
| C39 | Phenols, phenol compounds, including chlorophenols (Y39) |
| C40 | Ethers (Y40) |
| C41 | Halogenated organic solvents (Y41) |
| C42 | Organic solvents, excluding halogenated solvents (Y42) |
| C43 | Organohalogen compounds other than substances referred to in this table (Y45) |
| C44 | Aromatic compounds, polycyclic and heterocyclic organic compounds |
| C45 | Organic nitrogen compounds, especially aliphatic amines |
| C46 | Organic nitrogen compounds, especially aromatic amines |
| C47 | Substances of an explosive character (Y15) |
| C48 | Sulphur organic compounds |
| C49 | Any congenor of polychlorinated dibenzo-furan (Y43) |
| C50 | Any congenor of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin (Y44) |
| C51 | Hydrocarbons and their oxygen, nitrogen, and sulphur compounds that are not otherwise taken into account in Table 4 |
| Code | Characteristic | Description |
|---|---|---|
| H3 | Flammable Liquids | ”Flammable" has the same meaning as "inflammable". Flammable liquids are liquids, mixtures of liquids, and liquids containing solids in solution or suspension that give off a flammable vapour at temperatures of not more than 60.5ºC, closed-cup test, or not more than 65.6ºC, open-cup test (since the results of open- and closed-cup tests are not strictly comparable and even individual results by the same test are often variable, regulations varying from the above figures to make allowance for such differences would be within the spirit of this definition). Flammable liquids include paints, varnishes, lacquers, etc., but do not include substances or wastes otherwise classified on account of their dangerous characteristics. |
| H4.1 | Flammable Solids | Solids or waste solids (other than those classed as explosives) that, under conditions encountered in transport, are readily combustible or may cause or contribute to fire through friction. |
| H4.2 | Substances or Wastes Liable to Spontaneous Combustion | Substances or wastes that are liable to spontaneous heating under normal conditions encountered in transport or to heating up in contact with air, and being liable to catch fire. |
| H4.3 | Substances or Wastes That, in Contact with Water, Emit Flammable Gases | Substances or wastes that, by interaction with water, are liable to become spontaneously flammable or to give off flammable gases in dangerous quantities. |
| H5.1 | Oxidizing | Substances or wastes that, while in themselves are not necessarily combustible, may, generally by yielding oxygen, cause or contribute to the combustion of other materials. |
| H5.2 | Organic Peroxides | Organic substances or wastes containing the bivalent-0-0- structure that may undergo exothermic self- accelerating decomposition due to their thermal instability. |
| H6.1 | Poisonous (Acute) | Substances or wastes liable to cause death, serious injury, or harm human health if swallowed, inhaled, or in contact with skin. |
| H6.2 | Infectious Substances | Substances or wastes containing viable micro-organisms or their toxins that are known or suspected to cause disease in animals or humans. |
| H8 | Corrosives | Substances or wastes that, by chemical action, cause severe damage when in contact with living tissue or, in the case of leakage, materially damage or destroy other goods or the means of transport. They may also cause other hazards. |
| H10 | Liberation of Toxic Gases in Contact with Air or Water | Substances or wastes that, by interaction with air or water, are liable to give off toxic gases in dangerous quantities. |
| H11 | Toxic (Delayed or Chronic) | Substances or wastes that, if they are inhaled, ingested, or penetrate the skin, may involve delayed or chronic effects, including carcinogenicity. |
| H12 | Ecotoxic | Substances or wastes that, if released, present or may cause immediate or delayed adverse impacts to the environment by means of bioaccumulation or have toxic effects on biotic systems. |
| H13 | Leachate | Substances or wastes capable, by any means after disposal, of yielding another material (e.g., leachate that possesses any of the characteristics listed above). |
Table 7: Activities That May Generate Potentially Hazardous Wastes
- Agriculture - Farming Industry
- Energy
- Metallurgy - Mechanical and Electrical
- Non-Metallic Minerals - Construction Materials - Ceramics - Glass
- Primary Chemical Industry
- Industries Producing Products Based upon Primary Chemicals
- Textiles and Leathers - Various Wood Based and Furniture Industries
- Paper - Cardboard - Printing
- Commercial Services
- General Services
- Households
- Pollution Control - Waste Disposal
- Regeneration - Recovery
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| A100 | Agriculture, forest management |
| A101 | Cultivation |
| A102 | Animal husbandry |
| A103 | Forest management and forest exploitation (lumbering) |
| A110 | Animal and vegetable products from the food sector |
| A111 | Meat industry, slaughterhouses, butchery |
| A112 | Dairy industry |
| A113 | Animal and vegetable oil and grease industry |
| A114 | Sugar industry |
| A115 | Others |
| A120 | Drink industry |
| A121 | Distillation of alcohol and spirits |
| A122 | Brewing of beer |
| A123 | Manufacture of other drinks |
| A130 | Manufacture of animal feed |
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| A150 | Coal industry |
| A151 | Production and preparation of coal and coal products |
| A152 | Coking operations |
| A160 | Petroleum industry |
| A161 | Extraction of petroleum and natural gas |
| A162 | Petroleum refining |
| A163 | Storage of petroleum and products derived from refining of natural gas |
| A170 | Production of electricity |
| A171 | Central thermal facilities |
| A172 | Central hydraulic facilities |
| A173 | Central nuclear facilities |
| A174 | Other central electricity facilities |
| A180 | Production of water |
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| A200 | Extraction of metallic ores |
| A210 | Ferrous metallurgy |
| A211 | Cast iron production (coke oven) |
| A212 | Raw steel production (pig iron) |
| A213 | Primary steel transformation (rolling mills) |
| A220 | Non-ferrous metallurgy |
| A221 | Production of alumina |
| A222 | Aluminium metallurgy |
| A223 | Metallurgy of lead and zinc |
| A224 | Metallurgy of precious metals |
| A225 | Metallurgy of other non-ferrous metals |
| A226 | Ferro-alloy industry |
| A227 | Manufacture of electrodes |
| A230 | Foundry and metalworking operations |
| A231 | Ferrous metal foundries |
| A232 | Non-ferrous metal foundries |
| A233 | Metalworking (not including machining) |
| A240 | Mechanical, electrical and electronic construction |
| A241 | Machining |
| A242 | Thermal treatment |
| A243 | Surface treatment |
| A244 | Application of paint |
| A245 | Assembly, wiring |
| A246 | Production of batteries and dry cells |
| A247 | Production of electrical wires and cables (cladding, plating, insulation). |
| A248 | Production of electronic components |
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| A260 | Mining and quarrying of non-metallic minerals |
| A270 | Construction materials, ceramics, glass |
| A271 | Production of lime, cement and plaster |
| A272 | Fabrication of ceramic products |
| A273 | Fabrication of products containing asbestos cement |
| A274 | Production of other construction materials |
| A275 | Glass industry |
| A280 | Building, building sites, landscaping |
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| A300 | Production of primary chemicals and chemical feedstocks |
| A301 | Chlorine industry |
| A351 | Fertilizer fabrication |
| A401 | Other manufacturing generators of primary inorganic industrial chemicals |
| A451 | Petroleum and coal industry |
| A501 | Manufacture of basic plastic materials |
| A551 | Other primary organic chemical manufacture |
| A601 | Chemical treatment of fats; fabrication of basic substances for detergents |
| A651 | Fabrication of pharmaceuticals, pesticides, biocides, weed killers |
| A669 | Other manufacture of finished chemicals |
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| A700 | Production of inks, varnish, paints, glues |
| A701 | Production of ink |
| A702 | Production of paint |
| A703 | Production of varnish |
| A704 | Production of glue |
| A710 | Fabrication of photographic products |
| A711 | Production of photosensitive plates |
| A712 | Fabrication of products for photographic treatments |
| A720 | Perfume industry and fabrication of soap and detergentproducts |
| A721 | Fabrication of soap products |
| A722 | Fabrication of detergent products |
| A723 | Fabrication of perfume products |
| A730 | Finished rubber and plastic materials |
| A731 | Rubber industry |
| A732 | Finished plastic materials |
| A740 | Fabrication of products based upon asbestos |
| A750 | Production of powders and explosives |
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| A760 | Textile and clothing industry |
| A761 | Combing and carding of textile fibres |
| A762 | Threading, spinning, weaving |
| A763 | Bleaching, dyeing, printing |
| A764 | Clothing manufacture |
| A770 | Leather and hide industry |
| A771 | Tanneries, tanning |
| A772 | Fur trade |
| A773 | Manufacture of shoes and other leather products |
| A780 | Wood and furniture industry |
| A781 | Sawmills, production of wood panels |
| A782 | Manufacture of wood and furniture products |
| A790 | Various related industries |
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| A800 | Paper and cardboard industry |
| A801 | Fabrication of paper pulp |
| A802 | Manufacture of paper and cardboard |
| A803 | Finished goods of paper and cardboard |
| A810 | Printing, publishing, photographic laboratories |
| A811 | Printing, publishing |
| A812 | Photographic laboratories |
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| A820 | Laundries, bleaching services, dyers |
| A830 | Business enterprise |
| A840 | Transport, automobile dealers and repair facilities |
| A841 | Automobile dealers and automobile repair facilities |
| A842 | Transportation |
| A850 | Hotels, cafés, restaurants |
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| A860 | Health |
| A861 | Health (Hospitals, medical centres, nursing homes, laboratories) |
| A870 | Research |
| A871 | Research (including research laboratories) |
| A880 | Administrative activities, offices |
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| A890 | Households |
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| A900 | Cleaning and maintenance of public areas |
| A910 | Urban water treatment facilities |
| A920 | Urban waste treatment |
| A930 | Treatment of industrial effluents and wastes |
| A931 | Incineration |
| A932 | Physico-chemical treatment |
| A933 | Biological treatment |
| A934 | Solidification of wastes |
| A935 | Collection and/or pre-treatment of wastes |
| A936 | Landbased disposal above, on or below the surface |
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| A940 | Regeneration activities |
| A941 | Regeneration of oils |
| A942 | Regeneration of solvents |
| A943 | Regeneration of ion exchange resins |
| A950 | Recovery activities |
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| Y1 | Clinical wastes from medical care in hospitals, medical centres, and clinics |
| Y2 | Wastes from the production and preparation of pharmaceutical products |
| Y3 | Waste pharmaceuticals, drugs, and medicines |
| Y4 | Wastes from the production, formulation, and use of biocides and phytopharmaceuticals |
| Y5 | Wastes from the manufacture, formulation, and use of wood-preserving chemicals |
| Y6 | Wastes from the production, formulation, and use of organic solvents |
| Y7 | Wastes from heat treatment and tempering operations containing cyanides |
| Y8 | Waste mineral oils unfit for their originally intended use |
| Y9 | Waste oil/water, hydrocarbon/water mixtures, and emulsions |
| Y10 | Waste substances and articles containing or contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls, polychlorinated terphenyls, and polybrominated biphenyls |
| Y11 | Waste tarry residues arising from refining, distillation, and any pyrolytic treatment |
| Y12 | Wastes from production, formulation, and use of inks, dyes, pigments, paints, lacquers, and varnishes |
| Y13 | Wastes from production, formulation, and use of resins, latex, plasticizers, and glues/adhesives |
| Y14 | Waste chemical substances arising from research and development or teaching activities that are not identified or are new and whose effects on humans or the environment are not known |
| Y15 | Wastes of an explosive nature not subject to other legislation |
| Y16 | Wastes from the production, formulation, and use of photographic chemicals and processing materials |
| Y17 | Wastes resulting from the surface treatment of metals and plastics |
| Y18 | Residues arising from industrial waste-disposal operations |
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| Y19 | Metal carbonyls |
| Y20 | Beryllium, beryllium compounds |
| Y21 | Hexavalent chromium compounds |
| Y22 | Copper compounds |
| Y23 | Zinc compounds |
| Y24 | Arsenic, arsenic compounds |
| Y25 | Selenium, selenium compounds |
| Y26 | Cadmium, cadmium compounds |
| Y27 | Antimony, antimony compounds |
| Y28 | Tellurium, tellurium compounds |
| Y29 | Mercury, mercury compounds |
| Y30 | Thallium, thallium compounds |
| Y31 | Lead, lead compounds |
| Y32 | Inorganic fluorine compounds, excluding calcium fluoride |
| Y33 | Inorganic cyanides |
| Y34 | Acidic solutions or acids in solid form |
| Y35 | Basic solutions or bases in solid form |
| Y36 | Asbestos (dust and fibres) |
| Y37 | Organic phosphorous compounds |
| Y38 | Organic cyanides |
| Y39 | Phenols, phenol compounds, including chlorophenols |
| Y40 | Ethers |
| Y41 | Halogenated organic solvents |
| Y42 | Organic solvents, excluding halogenated solvents |
| Y43 | Any congenor of polychlorinated dibenzo-furan |
| Y44 | Any congenor of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin |
| Y45 | Organohalogen compounds other than substances referred to in this table (e.g., Y39, Y41, Y42, Y43, Y44) |
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| Y46 | Wastes collected from households |
| Y47 | Residues arising from the incineration of household wastes |
Table 9: Annex VIII of the Basel Convention
- A1 Metals and metal-bearing wastes
- A2 Wastes containing principally inorganic constituents that may contain metals and organic materials
- A3 Wastes containing principally organic constituents that may contain metals and inorganic materials
- A4 Wastes that may contain either inorganic or organic constituents
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| A1010 | Metal wastes and wastes consisting of alloys of any of the following:
but excluding such wastes listed specifically on list B. |
| A1020 | Wastes (excluding metal wastes in massive form) having as constituents or contaminants any of the following:
|
| A1030 | Wastes having as constituents or contaminants any of the following:
|
| A1040 | Wastes having as constituents any of the following:
|
| A1050 | Galvanic sludges |
| A1060 | Waste liquors from the pickling of metals |
| A1070 | Leaching residues from zinc processing, dust, and sludges such as jarosite, hematite, etc. |
| A1080 | Waste zinc residues not included on list B, containing lead and cadmium in concentrations sufficient to exhibit Annex-III characteristics |
| A1090 | Ashes from the incineration of insulated copper wire |
| A1100 | Dusts and residues from gas cleaning systems of copper smelters |
| A1110 | Spent electrolytic solutions from copper electrorefining and electrowinning operations |
| A1120 | Waste sludges, excluding anode slimes, from electrolyte purification systems in copper electrorefining and electrowinning operations |
| A1130 | Spent etching solutions containing dissolved copper |
| A1140 | Waste cupric chloride and copper cyanide catalysts |
| A1150 | Precious metal ash from incineration of printed circuit boards not included on list B |
| A1160 | Waste lead-acid batteries, whole or crushed |
| A1170 | Unsorted waste batteries not specified on list B, containing Annex-I constituents to an extent to render them hazardous. This does not include mixtures of batteries that are only on list B |
| A1180 | Waste electrical and electronic assemblies or scrap-containing components, such as accumulators and other batteries included on list A, mercury-switches, glass from cathode-ray tubes, and other activated glass and PCB-capacitors, or waste contaminated with Annex I constituents (e.g., cadmium, mercury, lead, polychlorinated biphenyl) to the extent that it possesses any of the characteristics contained in Annex III (note the related entry on list B B1110) |
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| A2010 | Glass waste from cathode-ray tubes and other activated glasses |
| A2020 | Waste inorganic fluorine compounds in the form of liquids or sludges, excluding such wastes specified on list B |
| A2030 | Waste catalysts, excluding such wastes specified on list B |
| A2040 | Waste gypsum arising from chemical industry processes that contains Annex-I constituents to the extent that it exhibits an Annex III hazardous characteristic (note the related entry on list B B2080) |
| A2050 | Waste asbestos (dusts and fibres) |
| A2060 | Coal-fired power plant fly-ash containing Annex-I substances in concentrations sufficient to exhibit Annex-III characteristics (note the related entry on list B B2050) |
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| A3010 | Wastes from the production or processing of petroleum coke and bitumen |
| A3020 | Waste mineral oils unfit for their originally intended use |
| A3030 | Wastes that contain, consist of or are contaminated with leaded anti-knock compound sludges |
| A3040 | Waste thermal (heat transfer) fluids |
| A3050 | Wastes from the production, formulation, and use of resins, latex, plasticizers, and glues/adhesives, excluding such wastes specified on list B (note the related entry on list B B4020) |
| A3060 | Waste nitrocellulose |
| A3070 | Waste phenols and phenol compounds, including chlorophenol, in the form of liquids or sludges |
| A3080 | Waste ethers, not including those specified on list B |
| A3090 | Waste leather dust, ash, sludges, and flours containing hexavalent chromium compounds or biocides (note the related entry on list B B3100) |
| A3100 | Waste paring and other waste of leather or of composition leather not suitable for the manufacture of leather articles, containing hexavalent chromium compounds or biocides (note the related entry on list B B3090) |
| A3110 | Fellmongery wastes containing hexavalent chromium compounds or biocides or infectious substances (note the related entry on list B B3110) |
| A3120 | Fluff-light fraction from shredding |
| A3130 | Waste organic phosphorous compounds |
| A3140 | Waste non-halogenated organic solvents, excluding such wastes specified on list B |
| A3150 | Waste halogenated organic solvents |
| A3160 | Waste halogenated or unhalogenated non-aqueous distillation residues arising from organic solvent recovery operations |
| A3170 | Wastes arising from the production of aliphatic halogenated hydrocarbons, such as chloromethane, dichloro-ethane, vinyl chloride, vinylidene chloride, allyl chloride, and epichlorhydrin |
| A3180 | Wastes, substances, and articles containing, consisting of, or contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls, polychlorinated terphenyls, polychlorinated naphthalene, polybrominated biphenyls, or any other polybrominated analogues of these compounds, at a concentration of 50 mg/kg or more |
| A3190 | Waste tarry residues (excluding asphalt cements) arising from the refining, distillation, and any pyrolitic treatment of organic materials |
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| A4010 | Wastes from the production, preparation, and use of pharmaceutical products, excluding such wastes specified on list B |
| A4020 | Clinical and related wastes; that is, wastes arising from medical, nursing, dental, veterinary, or similar practices, and wastes generated in hospitals or other facilities during the investigation or treatment of patients or during research projects |
| A4030 | Wastes from the production, formulation, and use of biocides and phytopharmaceuticals, including waste pesticides and herbicides that are off-specification, outdated, or unfit for their originally intended use |
| A4040 | Wastes from the manufacture, formulation, and use of wood-preserving chemicals |
| A4050 | Wastes that contain, consist of, or are contaminated with any of the following:
|
| A4060 | Waste oil/water and hydrocarbon/water mixtures, emulsions |
| A4070 | Wastes from the production, formulation, and use of inks, dyes, pigments, paints, lacquers, and varnishes, excluding any such waste specified on list B (note the related entry on list B B4010) |
| A4080 | Wastes of an explosive nature, excluding such wastes specified on list B |
| A4090 | Waste acidic or basic solutions other than those specified in the corresponding entry on list B (note the related entry on list B B2120) |
| A4100 | Wastes from industrial pollution-control devices for the cleaning of industrial off-gases, excluding such wastes specified on list B |
| A4110 | Wastes that contain, consist of, or are contaminated with any of the following:
|
| A4120 | Wastes that contain, consist of, or are contaminated with peroxides |
| A4130 | Waste packages and containers containing Annex I substances in concentrations sufficient to exhibit Annex-III hazard characteristics |
| A4140 | Wastes consisting of or containing off-specification or outdated chemicals corresponding to Annex-I categories and exhibiting Annex-III hazard characteristics |
| A4150 | Waste chemical substances arising from research and development or teaching activities that are not identified or are new, and whose effects on human health or the environment are not known |
| A4160 | Spent activated carbon not included on list B (note the related entry on list B B2060) |
Table 10. Appendix 4 of OECD Decision C(2001)107/Final11
The following wastes will also be subject to the Amber control procedure:
| Code | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| AA010 | 261900 | Dross, scalings, and other wastes from the manufacture of iron and steel |
| AA060 | 262050 | Vanadium ashes and residues |
| AA190 | 810420 ex 810430 | Magnesium waste and scrap that is flammable, pyrophoric, or emits, upon contact with water, flammable gases in dangerous quantities |
| Code | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| AB030 | Wastes from non-cyanide-based systems that arise from the surface treatment of metals | |
| AB070 | Sands used in foundry operations | |
| AB120 | ex 281290 ex 3824 | Inorganic halide compounds, not specified or included elsewhere |
| AB130 | Used blasting grit | |
| AB150 | ex 382490 | Unrefined calcium sulphite and calcium sulphate from flue gas desulphurization |
| Code | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| AC020 | Bituminous materials (asphalt waste) not specified or included elsewhere | |
| AC060 | ex 381900 | Hydraulic fluids |
| AC070 | ex 381900 | Brake fluids |
| AC080 | ex 382000 | Antifreeze fluids |
| AC150 | Chlorofluorocarbons | |
| AC160 | Halons | |
| AC170 | ex 440310 | Treated cork and wood wastes |
| AC250 | Surface active agents (surfactants) | |
| AC260 | ex 3101 | Liquid pig manure, faeces |
| AC270 | Sewage sludge | |
| Code | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| AD090 | ex 382490 | Wastes from the production, formulation, and use of reprographic and photographic chemicals and materials not specified or included elsewhere |
| AD100 | Wastes from non-cyanide based systems that arise from the surface treatment of plastics | |
| AD120 | ex 391400 ex 3915 | Ion-exchange resins |
| AD150 | Naturally occurring organic material used as a filter medium (such as bio-filters) | |
| Code | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| RB020 | ex 6815 | Ceramic-based fibres with physico-chemical characteristics similar to those of asbestos |
8 These may be "L" for liquid, "P" for sludge, "S" for solid, or "G" for gas.
9 Where applicable, correspondence with Table Y is indicated in brackets after the constituent.
10 Code numbers correspond to the hazard class numbering system in the United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (Orange Book) for H3 through H9; omissions of H2, H7, and H9 are deliberate.
11 This appendix also incorporates Appendix VIII of the Basel Convention.
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