(LIST A)Wastes characterized as hazardous under Article 1 paragraph 1(a) of the Basel Convention
[Designation of a waste on Annex VIII does not preclude the use of Annex III (hazard characteristics) to demonstrate that a waste is not hazardous]
[A1] Metal and metal bearing wastes
| (A1010) | Metal wastes and waste consisting of alloys of any of the following:
- Antimony - Arsenic - Beryllium - Cadmium - Lead - Mercury - Selenium - Tellurium - Thallium but excluding such wastes specifically listed on list B. |
| (A1020) | Waste having as constituents or contaminants, excluding metal waste in massive form, any of the following:
- Antimony; antimony compounds - Beryllium; beryllium compounds - Cadmium; cadmium compounds - Lead; lead compounds - Selenium; selenium compounds - Tellurium; tellurium compounds |
| (A1030) | Wastes having as constituents or contaminants any of the following: - Arsenic; arsenic compounds - Mercury; mercury compounds - Thallium; thallium compounds |
| (A1040) | Wastes having as constituents any of the following: - metal carbonyls - hexavalent chromium compounds |
| (A1050) | Galvanic sludge |
| (A1060) | Waste liquors from the pickling of metals |
| (A1070) | Leaching residues from zinc processing, dust and sludge 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 (Note related entry on List B) |
| (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 electro refining and electro winning operations |
| (A1120) | Waste sludge, excluding anode slimes, from electrolyte purification systems in copper electro refining and electro winning 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 B1 |
| (A1160) | Waste lead-acid batteries, whole or crushed |
| (A1170) | Unsorted waste batteries excluding mixtures of only list B batteries. Waste batteries not specified on list B containing Annex I constituents to an extent to render them hazardous |
| (A1180) | Waste electrical and electronic assemblies or scrap2 containing components such as accumulators and other batteries3 included on list A, mercury-switches, glass from cathode-ray tubes and other activated glass and PCB-capacitors, or contaminated with Annex I constituents (e.g. cadmium, mercury, lead, polychlorinated biphenyl) to an extent that they possess any of the characteristics contained in Annex III (note the related entry on list B[B1110])3 |
| (A1190) | Waste metal cables coated or insulated with plastics containing or contaminated with coal tar, PCB3, lead, cadmium, other organohalogen compounds or other Annex I constituents to an extent that they exhibit Annex III characteristics |
[A2] Wastes containing principally inorganic constituents, which may contains metals and organic materials
| (A2010) | Glass waste from cathode-ray tubes and other activated glasses |
| (A2020) | Waste inorganic fluorine compounds in the form of liquids or sludge but excluding such wastes specified on list B |
| (A2030) | Waste catalysts but excluding such wastes specified on list B |
| (A2040) | Waste gypsum arising from chemical industry processes, when containing Annex I constituents to the extent that it exhibits an Annex III hazardous characteristics (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]) |
[A3] Wastes containing principally organic constituents, which may contains metals and inorganic materials
| (A3010) | Waste 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 sludge |
| (A3040) | Waste thermal (heat transfer) fluids |
| (A3050) | Wastes from production, formulation and use of resins, latex, plasticizers, glues/adhesives excluding such wastes specified on list B (Note the related entry on list B [B4020]) |
| (A3060) | Waste nitrocellulose |
| (A3070) | Waste phenols, phenol compounds including chlorophenol in the form of liquids or sludge |
| (A3080) | Waste ethers not including those specified on list B |
| (A3090) | Waste leather dust, ash, sludge and flours when 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 but excluding such wastes specified on list B |
| (A3150) | Waste halogenated organic solvents |
| (A3150) | 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 chloromethanes, dichloro-ethane, vinyl chloride, vinylidene chloride, allyl chloride and epichlorhydrin) |
| (A3180) | Wastes, substances and articles containing, consisting of or contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB), polychlorinated terphenyl (PCT), polychlorinated naphthalene (PCN) or polybrominated biphenyl (PBB), or any other polybrominated analogues of these compounds, at a concentration level of 50 mg/kg or more4 |
| (A3190) | Waste tarry residues (excluding asphalt cements) arising from refining, distillation and any pyrolitic treatment of organic materials |
| (A3200) | Bituminous material (asphalt waste) from road construction and maintenance, containing tar (note the related entry on list B [B2130]) |
| (A3210) | Plastic waste, including mixtures of such waste, containing or contaminated with Annex I constituents, to an extent that it exhibits an Annex III characteristic (note the related entries Y48 in Annex II and on list B [B3011]) |
[A4] Wastes which may contain either inorganic or organic constituents
| (A4010) | Wastes from the production, preparation and use of pharmaceutical products but 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 research projects |
| (A4030) | Wastes from the production, formulation and use of biocides and phytopharmaceuticals, including waste pesticides and herbicides which are off-specification, out-dated5, or unfit for their originally intended use |
| (A4040) | Wastes from the manufacture, formulation and use of wood preserving chemicals6 |
| (A4050) | Wastes that contain, consist of or are contaminated with any of the following:
- inorganic cyanides, excepting precious metal-bearing residues in solid form containing traces of inorganic cyanides - organic cyanides |
| (A4060) | Waste oils/water, hydrocarbons/water mixtures, emulsions |
| (A4070) | Wastes from the production, formulation and use of inks, dyes, pigments, paints, lacquers, varnish excluding any such waste specified on list B (Note the related entry on list B [B4010]) |
| (A4080) | Wastes of an explosive nature but 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 cleaning of industrial off-gases but excluding such wastes specified on list B |
| (A4110) | Wastes that contain, consist of or are contaminated with any of the following: - any congener of polychlorinated dibenzo-furan - any congener of polychlorinated dibenzo-dioxin |
| (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) | Waste consisting of or containing off-specification or out-dated7 chemicals corresponding to Annex I categories and exhibiting Annex III hazard characteristics |
| (A4150) | Waste chemical substances arising from research and development or teaching activities which are not identified and/or are new and whose effects on man and/or the environment are not known |
| (A4160) | Spent activated carbon not included on list B (Note the related entry on list B [B2060]) |
Footnote:
1Note that mirror entry on list B [B1160] does not specify exceptions.
2This entry does not include scrap assemblies from electric power generation.
3PCB are at a concentration level of 50 mg/kg or more.
4The 50 mg/kg level is considered to be an internationally practical level for all wastes; however, many individual countries have established lower regulatory levels (e.g. 20 mg/kg) for specific wastes.
5Out-dated means unused within the period recommended by the manufacturer.
6This entry does not include wood treated with wood preserving chemicals.
7Out-dated means unused within the period recommended by the manufacturer.