Basel Convention List
A List — Hazardous Wastes (Annex VIII, Amber Control)
62 codesWastes characterized as hazardous for transboundary movement. Shipping an A-listed waste requires the prior-informed-consent (notification) procedure: written notification to, and consent from, every competent authority involved before the first movement.
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| A1010 | Metal wastes and wastes consisting of alloys of antimony, arsenic, beryllium, cadmium, lead, mercury, selenium, tellurium or thallium, excluding wastes listed on list B |
| A1020 | Waste having as constituents or contaminants (excluding metal waste in massive form): antimony, beryllium, cadmium, lead, selenium or tellurium compounds |
| A1030 | Wastes having as constituents or contaminants: arsenic or arsenic compounds; mercury or mercury compounds; thallium or thallium compounds |
| A1040 | Wastes having as constituents: metal carbonyls; hexavalent chromium compounds |
| A1050 | Galvanic sludges |
| A1060 | Waste liquors from the pickling of metals |
| A1070 | Leaching residues from zinc processing, including dust and sludges such as jarosite and hematite |
| A1080 | Waste zinc residues not included on list B, containing lead and cadmium in concentrations sufficient to exhibit hazard 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 in copper electrorefining and electrowinning |
| 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 excluding mixtures of only list B batteries; waste batteries not on list B containing Annex I constituents to an extent rendering them hazardous |
| A1181 | Waste electrical and electronic equipment containing or contaminated with cadmium, lead, mercury or organohalogen compounds, or exhibiting hazard characteristics — including components such as mercury switches, PCB capacitors, asbestos, certain circuit boards and CRT/display glass. Added by the e-waste amendments, effective 1 January 2025 |
| A1190 | Waste metal cables coated or insulated with plastics containing or contaminated with coal tar, PCB, lead, cadmium, other organohalogen compounds or other hazardous constituents |
| 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 wastes specified on list B |
| A2030 | Waste catalysts, excluding wastes specified on list B |
| A2040 | Waste gypsum arising from chemical industry processes, containing Annex I constituents to the extent of exhibiting hazard characteristics |
| A2050 | Waste asbestos: dusts and fibres |
| A2060 | Coal-fired power plant fly-ash containing Annex I substances in concentrations sufficient to exhibit hazard characteristics |
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| A3050 | Wastes from production, formulation and use of resins, latex, plasticizers, glues and adhesives, excluding wastes specified on list B |
| A3060 | Waste nitrocellulose |
| A3070 | Waste phenols and phenol compounds, including chlorophenol, in the form of liquids or sludges |
| A3080 | Waste ethers, excluding those specified on list B |
| A3090 | Waste leather dust, ash, sludges and flours containing hexavalent chromium compounds or biocides |
| A3100 | Waste parings and other waste of leather or composition leather not suitable for manufacture, containing hexavalent chromium compounds or biocides |
| A3110 | Fellmongery wastes containing hexavalent chromium compounds, biocides or infectious substances |
| A3120 | Fluff — light fraction from shredding |
| A3130 | Waste organic phosphorous compounds |
| A3140 | Waste non-halogenated organic solvents, excluding wastes specified on list B |
| A3150 | Waste halogenated organic solvents |
| A3160 | Waste halogenated or unhalogenated non-aqueous distillation residues from organic solvent recovery operations |
| A3170 | Wastes arising from the production of aliphatic halogenated hydrocarbons |
| A3180 | Wastes containing, consisting of or contaminated with PCB, PCT, PCN, PBB or other polybrominated analogues at a concentration of 50 mg/kg or more |
| A3190 | Waste tarry residues (excluding asphalt cements) from refining, distillation and any pyrolytic treatment of organic materials |
| A3200 | Bituminous material (asphalt waste) from road construction and maintenance, containing tar |
| A3210 | Plastic waste, including mixtures, containing or contaminated with Annex I constituents to an extent that it exhibits hazard characteristics. Added by the plastic waste amendments, effective 1 January 2021 |
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| A4010 | Wastes from the production, preparation and use of pharmaceutical products, excluding wastes specified on list B |
| A4020 | Clinical and related wastes from medical, nursing, dental, veterinary or similar practices, and wastes generated in hospitals or other facilities during investigation or treatment of patients or research |
| 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 containing, consisting of or contaminated with inorganic cyanides (excluding solid precious-metal-bearing residues with traces of inorganic cyanides) or organic cyanides |
| A4060 | Waste oils/water, hydrocarbons/water mixtures, emulsions |
| A4070 | Wastes from the production, formulation and use of inks, dyes, pigments, paints, lacquers and varnish, excluding wastes specified on list B |
| A4080 | Wastes of an explosive nature, excluding wastes specified on list B |
| A4090 | Waste acidic or basic solutions, other than those specified in the corresponding entry on list B |
| A4100 | Wastes from industrial pollution control devices for cleaning industrial off-gases, excluding wastes specified on list B |
| A4110 | Wastes containing, consisting of or contaminated with any congener of polychlorinated dibenzo-furan or polychlorinated dibenzo-p-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 hazard characteristics |
| A4140 | Waste consisting of or containing off-specification or outdated chemicals corresponding to Annex I categories and exhibiting hazard characteristics |
| A4150 | Waste chemical substances arising from research and development or teaching activities which 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 |
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