Guidance

Unofficial consolidated version of Annexes III, IIIA, IIIB, IV and IVA of the relevant regulations on shipments of wastes

Updated 31 December 2020

Applies to England

The relevant regulations on the shipments of waste are amended by:

• Commission Regulation (EC) No 308/2009 of 15 April 2009
• Commission Regulation (EC) No 413/2010 of 12 May 2010
• Commission Regulation (EC) No 664/2011 of 11 July 2011
• Commission Regulation (EC) No 135/2012 of 16 February 2012
• Commission Regulation (EC) No 1234/2014 of 18 November 2014

Also relevant are:

• The International Waste Shipments (Amendment)(EU Exit) Regulations 2019 in respect of Great Britain
• The International Waste Shipments (Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006) Regulations 2020
• Regulation EC No 1013/2006 in respect of Northern Ireland

Annex III List of wastes subject to the general information requirements laid down in Article 18 (green listed waste)

This list is no longer the same as in the list in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) decision, appendix 3 (policy instruction 4).

Regardless of whether or not wastes are included on this list, they may not be subject to the general information requirements laid down in Article 18 if they are contaminated by other materials to an extent which:

(a) increases the risks associated with the wastes sufficiently to render them appropriate for submission to the procedure of prior written notification and consent, when taking into account the hazardous characteristics listed in Annex III to Directive 91/689/EC; or

(b) prevents the recovery of the wastes in an environmentally sound manner

The wastes in this annex will be subject to the general information requirements laid down in Article 18.

For the purposes of this regulation any reference to list A in Annex IX to the Basel Convention shall be understood as a reference to Annex IV to this regulation.

B1 Metal and metal bearing wastes

B1010

Metal and metal-alloy wastes in metallic, non-dispersible form:

• precious metals (gold, silver, the platinum group, but not mercury)
• iron and steel scrap
• copper scrap
• nickel scrap
• aluminium scrap
• zinc scrap
• tin scrap
• tungsten scrap
• molybdenum scrap
• tantalum scrap
• magnesium scrap
• cobalt scrap
• bismuth scrap
• titanium scrap
• zirconium scrap
• manganese scrap
• germanium scrap
• vanadium scrap
• scrap of hafnium, indium, niobium, rhenium and gallium
• thorium scrap
• rare earths scrap
• chromium scrap

B1020

Clean, uncontaminated metal scrap, including alloys, in bulk finished form (sheet, plate, beams, rods, and so forth) listed therein:

• antimony scrap
• beryllium scrap
• cadmium scrap
• lead scrap (but excluding lead-acid batteries)
• selenium scrap
• tellurium scrap

The term ‘bulk finished form’ includes all metallic non-dispersible (does not include any wastes in the form of powder, sludge, dust or solid items containing encased hazardous waste liquids) forms of the scrap listed therein.

B1030

Residues containing refractory metals.

B1031

Molybdenum, tungsten, titanium, tantalum, niobium and rhenium metal and metal alloy wastes in metallic dispersible form (metal powder). Excludes such wastes as specified in list A under entry A1050, galvanic sludges.

B1040

Scrap assemblies from electrical power generation not contaminated with lubricating oil, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) or polychlorinated terphenyls (PCT) to an extent to render them hazardous.

B1050

Mixed non-ferrous metal, heavy fraction scrap, not containing Annex I materials in concentrations sufficient to exhibit Annex III characteristics.

Note that even where low level contamination with Annex I materials initially exists, subsequent processes, including recycling processes, may result in separated fractions containing significantly enhanced concentrations of those Annex I materials.

B1060

Waste selenium and tellurium in metallic elemental form including powder.

B1070

Waste of copper and copper alloys in dispersible form, unless they contain Annex I constituents to an extent that they exhibit Annex III characteristics.

B1080

Zinc ash and residues including zinc alloys residues in dispersible form unless containing Annex I constituents in concentration such as to exhibit Annex III characteristics or exhibiting hazard characteristic H4.3 (2).

The status of zinc ash is currently under review and there is a recommendation with United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) that zinc ashes should not be dangerous goods.

B1090

Waste batteries conforming to a specification, excluding those made with lead, cadmium or mercury.

B1100

Metal-bearing wastes arising from melting, smelting and refining of metals:

• hard zinc spelter

• zinc-containing drosses:

  • galvanising slab zinc top dross (more than 90% Zn)
  • galvanising slab zinc bottom dross (more than 92% Zn)
  • zinc die casting dross (more than 85% Zn)
  • hot dip galvanisers slab zinc dross (batch) (more than 92% Zn)
  • zinc skimmings
• aluminium skimmings (or skims) excluding salt slag
• slags from copper processing for further processing or refining not containing arsenic, lead or cadmium to an extent that they exhibit Annex III hazard characteristics
• wastes of refractory linings, including crucibles, originating from copper smelting
• slags from precious metals processing for further refining
• tantalum bearing tin slags with less than 0,5 % tin

GB040

Slags from precious metals and copper processing for further refining.

GC010

Electrical assemblies consisting only of metals or alloys.

GC020

Electronic scrap (such as printed circuit boards, electronic components, wire) and reclaimed electronic components suitable for base and precious metal recovery.

GC030

Vessels and other floating structures for breaking up, properly emptied of any cargo and other materials arising from the operation of the vessel which may have been classified as a dangerous substance or waste.

GC050

Spent fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) catalysts (such as aluminium oxide, zeolites).

B1115

Waste metal cables coated or insulated with plastics, not included in list A1190. Excludes those destined for Annex IVA operations or any other disposal operations involving, at any stage, uncontrolled thermal processes, such as open-burning.

B1120

Spent catalysts excluding liquids used as catalysts, containing any of:

• transition metals, excluding waste catalysts (spent catalysts, liquid used catalysts or other catalysts) on list A:

  • scandium
  • titanium
  • vanadium
  • chromium
  • manganese
  • iron
  • cobalt
  • nickel
  • copper
  • zinc
  • yttrium
  • zirconium
  • niobium
  • molybdenum
  • hafnium
  • tantalum
  • tungsten
  • rhenium

• lanthanides (rare earth metals):

  • lanthanum
  • cerium
  • praseodymium
  • neodym
  • samarium
  • europium
  • gadolinium
  • terbium
  • dysprosium
  • holmium
  • erbium
  • thulium
  • ytterbium
  • lutetium

B1130

Cleaned spent precious-metal-bearing catalysts.

B1140

Precious-metal-bearing residues in solid form which contain traces of inorganic cyanides.

B1150

Precious metals and alloy wastes (gold, silver, the platinum group, but not mercury) in a dispersible, non-liquid form with appropriate packaging and labelling.

B1160

Precious-metal ash from the incineration of printed circuit boards (note the related entry on list A, A1150).

B1170

Precious-metal ash from the incineration of photographic film.

B1180

Waste photographic film containing silver halides and metallic silver.

B1190

Waste photographic paper containing silver halides and metallic silver.

B1200

Granulated slag arising from the manufacture of iron and steel.

B1210

Slag arising from the manufacture of iron and steel including slags as a source of TiO2 and vanadium.

B1220

Slag from zinc production, chemically stabilised, having a high iron content (above 20%) and processed according to industrial specifications (for example DIN 4301) mainly for construction.

B1230

Mill scaling arising from the manufacture of iron and steel.

B1240

Copper oxide mill-scale.

B1250

Waste end-of-life motor vehicles, containing neither liquids nor other hazardous components.

B2 Wastes containing principally inorganic constituents, which may contain metals and organic materials

B2010

Wastes from mining operations in non-dispersible form:

• natural graphite waste
• slate waste, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise
• mica waste
• leucite, nepheline and nepheline syenite waste
• feldspar waste
• fluorspar waste
• silica wastes in solid form excluding those used in foundry operations

B2020

Glass waste in non-dispersible form:

• cullet and other waste and scrap of glass except for glass from cathode-ray tubes and other activated glasses

GE020

Glass fibre waste.

B2030

Ceramic wastes in non-dispersible form:

• cermet wastes and scrap (metal ceramic composites)
• ceramic based fibres not elsewhere specified or included

GF010

Ceramic wastes which have been fired after shaping, including ceramic vessels (before and, or after use).

B2040

Other wastes containing principally inorganic constituents:

• partially refined calcium sulphate produced from flue-gas desulphurisation (FGD)
• waste gypsum wallboard or plasterboard arising from the demolition of buildings
• slag from copper production, chemically stabilised, having a high iron content (above 20%) and processed according to industrial specifications (for example DIN 4301 and DIN 8201) mainly for construction and abrasive applications
• sulphur in solid form
• limestone from the production of calcium cyanamide (having a pH less than 9)
• sodium, potassium, calcium chlorides
• carborundum (silicon carbide)
• broken concrete
• lithium – tantalum and lithium-niobium containing glass scraps

GG030

Bottom ash and slag tap from coal fired power plants.

GG040

Coal fired power plants fly ash.

B2060

Spent activated carbon not containing any Annex I constituents to an extent they exhibit Annex III characteristics. For example, carbon resulting from the treatment of potable water and processes of the food industry and vitamin production (note the related entry on list A A4160).

B2070

Calcium fluoride sludge.

B2080

Waste gypsum arising from chemical industry processes not included on list A (note the related entry on list A, A2040).

B2090

Waste anode butts from steel or aluminium production made of petroleum coke or bitumen and cleaned to normal industry specifications (excluding anode butts from chlor alkali electrolyses and from metallurgical industry).

B2100

Waste hydrates of aluminium and waste alumina and residues from alumina production excluding such materials used for gas cleaning, flocculation or filtration processes.

B2110

Bauxite residue (red mud) (pH moderated to less than 11,5).

B2120

Waste acidic or basic solutions with a pH greater than 2 and less than 11,5, which are not corrosive or otherwise hazardous (note the related entry on list A, A4090).

B2130

Bituminous material (asphalt waste) from road construction and maintenance, not containing tar (note the related entry on list A A3200).

The concentration level of Benzol[a]pyrene should not be 50mg/kg or more.

B3 Wastes containing principally organic constituents, which may contain metals and inorganic materials

B3011

Plastic waste (note the related entries Y48 and AC300).

Plastic waste in the following list, provided it is destined for recycling in an environmentally sound manner and almost free from contamination and other types of waste.

Plastic waste almost exclusively consisting of one non-halogenated polymer, including but not limited to the following polymers:

• polyethylene (PE)
• polypropylene (PP)
• polystyrene (PS)
• acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS)
• polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
• polycarbonates (PC)
• polyethers

Plastic waste almost exclusively (international and national specifications may offer a point of reference) consisting of one cured resin or condensation product, including but not limited to the following resins:

• urea formaldehyde resins
• phenol formaldehyde resins
• melamine formaldehyde resins
• epoxy resins
• alkyd resins

Plastic waste almost exclusively consisting of one of the fluorinated polymers (post-consumer wastes are excluded):

• perfluoroethylene/propylene (FEP)

• perfluoroalkoxy alkanes:

  • tetrafluoroethylene/perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether (PFA)
  • tetrafluoroethylene/perfluoromethyl vinyl ether (MFA)
• polyvinylfluoride (PVF)
• polyvinylidenefluoride (PVDF)

Mixtures of plastic waste, consisting of polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP) and/or polyethylene terephthalate (PET)

This is provided these mixtures of plastic waste are destined for separate recycling of each material and in an environmentally sound manner, and almost free from contamination and other types of waste.

The references to recycling under this code means recycling or reclaiming organic substances that are not used as solvents (R3 in Annex IV, section B). Or, if needed, temporary storage limited to one instance, provided that it is followed by operation R3 and evidenced by contractual or relevant official documentation.

You can read Environment Agency guidance on importing and exporting waste plastic.

B3020

Paper, paperboard and paper product wastes.

The following materials, provided they are not mixed with hazardous wastes.

Waste and scrap of paper or paperboard of:

• unbleached paper or paperboard or of corrugated paper or paperboard
• other paper or paperboard, made mainly of bleached chemical pulp, not coloured in the mass
• paper or paperboard made mainly of mechanical pulp (for example, newspapers, journals and similar printed matter)
• other, including but not limited to laminated paperboard and unsorted scrap

B3026

The following waste from the pre-treatment of composite packaging for liquids, not containing Annex I materials in concentrations sufficient to exhibit Annex III characteristics:

• non-separable plastic fraction
• non-separable plastic-aluminium fraction

B3027

Self-adhesive label laminate waste containing raw materials used in label material production:

• post-consumer wastes are excluded from this entry
• wastes shall not be mixed
• problems arising from open-burning practices to be considered

B3030

Textile wastes.

The following materials, provided they are not mixed with other wastes and are prepared to a specification.

Silk waste (including cocoons unsuitable for reeling, yarn waste and garnetted stock):

• not carded or combed
• other

Waste of wool or of fine or coarse animal hair, including yarn waste but excluding garnetted stock:

• noils of wool or of fine animal hair
• other waste of wool or of fine animal hair
• waste of coarse animal hair

Cotton waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock):

• yarn waste (including thread waste)
• garnetted stock
• other

Flax tow and waste, including:

• tow and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) of true hemp (Cannabis sativa L.)
• tow and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) of jute and other textile bast fibres (excluding flax, true hemp and ramie)
• tow and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) of sisal and other textile fibres of the genus Agave
• tow, noils and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) of coconut
• tow, noils and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) of abaca (Manila hemp or Musa textilis Nee)
• tow, noils and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) of ramie and other vegetable textile fibres, not elsewhere specified or included

• waste (including noils, yarn waste and garnetted stock) of man-made fibres:

  • of synthetic fibres
  • of artificial fibres

Worn clothing and other worn textile articles

Used rags, scrap twine, cordage, rope and cables and worn out articles of twine, cordage, rope or cables of textile:

• sorted
• other

B3035

Waste textile floor coverings, carpets.

B3040

Rubber wastes.

The following materials, provided they are not mixed with other wastes:

• waste and scrap of hard rubber (for example ebonite)

• other rubber wastes (excluding such wastes specified elsewhere)

B3050

Untreated cork and wood waste:

• wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms
• cork waste – crushed, granulated or ground cork

B3060

Wastes arising from agro-food industries provided it is not infectious:

• wine lees
• dried and sterilised vegetable waste, residues and by-products, whether or not in the form of pellets, or a kind used in animal feeding, not elsewhere specified or included
• degras – residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances or animal or vegetable waxes
• waste of bones and horn-cores, unworked, defatted, simply prepared (but not cut to shape), treated with acid or degelatinised
• fish waste
• cocoa shells, husks, skins and other cocoa waste
• other wastes from the agro-food industry excluding by-products which meet national and international requirements and standards for human or animal consumption

B3065

Waste edible fats and oils of animal or vegetable origin (such as frying oils), provided they do not exhibit an Annex III characteristic.

GN010

Waste of pigs’, hogs’ or boars’ bristles and hair or of badger hair and other brush making hair.

GN020

Horsehair waste, whether or not put up as a layer with or without supporting material.

GN030

Waste of skins and other parts of birds, with their feathers or down, of feathers and parts of feathers (whether or not with trimmed edges) and down, not further worked than cleaned, disinfected or treated for preservation.

B3070

The following wastes:

• waste of human hair
• waste straw
• deactivated fungus mycelium from penicillin production to be used as animal feed

B3080

Waste parings and scrap of rubber.

B3090

Paring and other wastes of leather or of composition leather not suitable for the manufacture of leather articles. Excludes leather sludges, not containing hexavalent chromium compounds and biocides (note the related entry on list A, A3100).

B3100

Leather dust, ash, sludges or flours not containing hexavalent chromium compounds or biocides (note the related entry on list A, A3090).

B3110

Fellmongery wastes not containing hexavalent chromium compounds or biocides or infectious substances (note the related entry on list A, A3110).

B3120

Wastes consisting of food dyes.

B3130

Waste polymer ethers and waste non-hazardous monomer ethers incapable of forming peroxides.

B3140

Waste pneumatic tyres, excluding those destined for Annex IVA operations.

B4 Wastes which may contain either inorganic or organic constituents

B4010

Wastes consisting mainly of water-based and latex paints, inks and hardened varnishes not containing organic solvents, heavy metals or biocides to an extent to render them hazardous (note the related entry on list A, A4070).

B4020

Wastes from production, formulation and use of resins, latex, plasticisers, glues and adhesives. Those not listed on list A, free of solvents and other contaminants to an extent that they do not exhibit Annex III characteristics. For example water based, or glues based on casein starch, dextrin, cellulose ethers, polyvinyl alcohols (note the related entry on list A, A3050).

B4030

Used single use cameras, with batteries not included on list A.

Annex IIIA Mixtures of 2 or more wastes listed in Annex III and not classified under one single entry as referred to in Article 3(2)

1. Regardless of whether or not wastes are included on this list, they may not be subject to the general information requirements laid down in Article 18 if they are contaminated by other materials to an extent which:

(a) increases the risks associated with the wastes sufficiently to render them appropriate for submission to the procedure of prior written notification and consent, when taking into account the hazardous characteristics listed in Annex III to Directive 91/689/EC; or

(b) prevents the recovery of the wastes in an environmentally sound manner

2. The following mixtures of waste are included in this annex:

(a) mixtures of wastes classified under Basel entries B1010 and B1050

(b) mixtures of wastes classified under Basel entries B1010 and B1070

(c) mixtures of wastes classified under Basel entries B3040 and B3080

(d) mixtures of wastes classified under (OECD) entry GB040 and under Basel entry B1100 restricted to hard zinc spelter, zinc-containing drosses, aluminium skimmings (or skims) excluding salt slag and wastes of refractory linings, including crucibles, originating from copper smelting

(e) mixtures of wastes classified under (OECD) entry GB040, under Basel entry B1070 and under Basel entry B1100 restricted to wastes of refractory linings, including crucibles, originating from copper smelting

The entries referred to in points (d) and (e) shall not apply for exports to countries to which the OECD decision does not apply.

3. The following mixtures of wastes classified under separate indents or sub-indents of one single entry are included in this annex:

(a) mixtures of wastes classified under Basel entry B1010

(b) mixtures of wastes classified under Basel entry B2010

(c) mixtures of wastes classified under Basel entry B2030

(d) mixtures of wastes classified under Basel entry B3020 restricted to unbleached paper or paperboard or of corrugated paper or paperboard, other paper or paperboard, made mainly of bleached chemical pulp, not coloured in the mass, paper or paperboard made mainly of mechanical pulp (for example, newspapers, journals and similar printed matter)

(e) mixtures of wastes classified under Basel entry B3030

(f) mixtures of wastes classified under Basel entry B3040

(g) mixtures of wastes classified under Basel entry B3050

The entries in this third section do not apply, in the case of exports to countries to which the OECD decision does not apply, until August 1 2012.

Annex IIIB Additional green listed waste awaiting inclusion in the relevant annexes to the Basel convention or the OECD decision as referred to in Article 58(1)(b)

Regardless of whether or not wastes are included on this list, they may not be subject to the general information requirements laid down in Article 18 if they are contaminated by other materials to an extent which:

(a) increases the risks associated with the wastes sufficiently to render them appropriate for submission to the procedure of prior written notification and consent, when taking into account the hazardous characteristics listed in Annex III to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council; or

(b) prevents the recovery of the wastes in an environmentally sound manner

The following wastes are included in this annex:

• BEU04 Composite packaging consisting of mainly paper and some plastic, not containing residues and not covered by Basel entry B3020

• BEU05 Clean biodegradable waste from agriculture, horticulture, forestry, gardens, parks and cemeteries

The shipments of waste listed in this annex are without prejudice to the provisions of Council Directive 2000/29/EC, including measures adopted pursuant to Article 16(3) thereof.

Annex IV List of wastes to the procedure of prior written notification and consent (amber listed waste)

This list originates from the OECD decision, appendix 4.

The wastes under this annex will be subject to the procedure of prior written notification and consent.

For the purposes of this regulation any reference to list B in Annex VIII to the Basel Convention shall be understood as a reference to Annex III to this regulation.

A1 Metal and metal bearing wastes

AA010

Dross, scalings and other wastes from the iron or steel industry. This listing includes wastes in the form of ash, residue, slag, dross, skimming, scaling, dust, powder, sludge and cake, unless a material is expressly listed elsewhere.

AA060

Vanadium ashes and residues. This listing includes wastes in the form of ash, residue, slag, dross, skimming, scaling, dust, powder, sludge and cake, unless a material is expressly listed elsewhere.

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

The term ‘excluding such wastes specifically listed on list B (Annex IX)’ is a reference both to Basel entry and the note on B1020 in Annex III to this regulation, Part 1(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 sludges.

A1060

Waste liquors from the pickling of metals.

A1070

Leaching residues from zinc processing, dust and sludges such as jarosite, hematite, and so forth.

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. The mirror entry on list B (B1160) does not specify exceptions.

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.

AA190

Magnesium waste and scrap that is flammable, pyrophoric or emits, upon contact with water, flammable gases in dangerous quantities.

A1190

Waste metal cables coated or insulated with plastics containing or contaminated with coal tar, PCB (at a concentration level of 50mg/kg or more), lead, cadmium, other organohalogen compounds or other Annex I constituents, to the extent that they exhibit Annex III characteristics.

A2 Wastes containing principally inorganic constituents, which may contain metals and organic materials

AB030

Wastes from non-cyanide based systems which arise from surface treatment of metals.

A2010

Glass waste from cathode-ray tubes and other activated glasses.

A2020

Waste inorganic fluorine compounds in the form of liquids or sludges but excluding such wastes specified on list B.

AB070

Sands used in foundry operations.

A2030

Waste catalysts but excluding such wastes specified on list B.

AB120

Inorganic halide compounds, not elsewhere specified or included.

AB130

Used blasting grit.

A2040

Waste gypsum arising from chemical industry processes, when containing Annex I constituents to the extent that it exhibits an Annex III hazardous characteristic (note the related entry on list B, B2080).

AB150

Unrefined calcium sulphite and calcium sulphate from flue gas desulphurisation (FGD).

A2050

Waste asbestos (dusts and fibres).

RB020

Ceramic based fibres of physico-chemical characteristics similar to those of asbestos.

A3 Wastes containing principally organic constituents, which may contain 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 sludges.

A3040

Waste thermal (heat transfer) fluids.

AC060

Hydraulic fluids.

AC070

Brake fluids.

AC080

Antifreeze fluids.

A3050

Wastes from production, formulation and use of resins, latex, plasticisers, glues and 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 sludges.

A3080

Waste ethers not including those specified on list B.

AC150

Chlorofluorocarbons.

AC160

Halons.

AC170

Treated cork and wood wastes.

A3090

Waste leather dust, ash, sludges 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.

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, dichloroethane, vinyl chloride, vinylidene chloride, allyl chloride and epichlorhydrin).

AC250

Surface active agents (surfactants).

AC260

Liquid pig manure, faeces.

AC270

Sewage sludge.

AC300

Plastic waste, including mixtures of such wastes, containing or contaminated with appendix 1 constituents to an extent that it exhibits an appendix 2 characteristic.

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 more.

The 50 mg/kg level is considered to be an internationally practical level for all wastes. However, many individual countries have established lower regulatory levels (for example 20 mg/kg) for specific wastes.

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).

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. Also 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. Includes waste pesticides and herbicides which are off-specification, out-dated, or unfit for their originally intended use.

‘Out-dated’ means unused within the period recommended by the manufacturer.

Includes spent pot linings from aluminium smelting containing inorganic cyanides.

A4040

Wastes from the manufacture, formulation and use of wood-preserving chemicals. This entry does not include wood treated with wood-preserving chemicals.

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 and water, hydrocarbons and 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).

AD090

Wastes from the production, formulation and use of reprographic and photographic chemicals and materials not elsewhere specified or included.

AD100

Wastes from non-cyanide based systems, which arise from surface treatment of plastics.

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).

AD120

Ion exchange resins.

A4100

Wastes from industrial pollution control devices for cleaning of industrial off-gases but excluding such wastes specified on list B.

AD150

Naturally occurring organic material used as a filter medium (such as bio-filters).

A4110

Wastes that contain, consist of or are contaminated with any of the following:

• any congenor of polychlorinated dibenzo-furan
• any congenor 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-dated chemicals corresponding to Annex I categories and exhibiting Annex III hazard characteristics.

‘Out-dated’ means unused within the period recommended by the manufacturer.

A4150

Waste chemical substances arising from research and development or teaching activities which are not identified and, or are new and whose effects on human health and, or the environment are not known.

A4160

Spent activated carbon not included on list B (note the related entry on list B, B2060).

And from Annex II to the Basel Convention (categories of waste requiring special consideration)

Y46

Waste collected from households. Unless appropriately classified under a single entry in Annex III.

Y47

Residues arising from the incineration of households wastes.

Y48

Plastic waste, including mixtures of such waste, with the exception of the wastes included in B3011 and AC300.

Annex IVA

Waste listed in Annex III but subject to the procedure of prior written notification and consent (Article 3(3)).