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A1030 Basel waste code Waste carrying arsenic, mercury or thallium.

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A1030, Arsenic, mercury or thallium content.

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    Arsenic, mercury or thallium content

Use A1030 for arsenic, mercury or thallium content as a presumptively hazardous Basel waste.

Listed withBasel List A codes

Basel List A waste. Material containing or contaminated with arsenic, mercury or thallium, or their compounds.

Is Basel A1030 hazardous waste?

Normally yes. Basel A1030 is on Basel List A, so the material is presumed hazardous unless evidence shows it has no Annex III hazardous characteristic. The exact description and any stated exclusions must still match.

For federally regulated international shipments, the applicant records the waste classification in the waste-line details of the federal notification in CNMTS. The movement rules and exclusions apply.

What does Basel A1030 cover?

Covers waste containing or contaminated by arsenic, mercury or thallium, whether elemental or present as compounds.

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Is waste with arsenic, mercury or thallium always Basel A1030?

CodeWhen it fits
A1030It is waste containing or contaminated by arsenic, mercury or thallium, whether elemental or present as compounds.

Choose the entry whose description and conditions match the material. The code names the waste for classification. It doesn't replace the separate decisions on SOR/2021-25 scope, exclusions, destination-country controls or the intended operation.

Which codes sit beside Basel A1030?

CodeWhat it is
A1010Specified metal and alloy discards
A1020Specified metals in waste
A1040Metal carbonyl or chromium(VI) waste
A1050Electroplating sludge
A1060Spent metal-pickling liquid
A1070Zinc leaching residues
A1080Hazardous lead-and-cadmium zinc residue
A1090Ash from burning insulated copper wire

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