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A1090 Basel waste code Ash left after burning off insulation from copper wire.

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A1090, Ash from burning insulated copper wire.

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    Ash from burning insulated copper wire

Use A1090 for ash from burning insulated copper wire as a presumptively hazardous Basel waste.

Listed withBasel List A codes

Basel List A waste. Ashes from incinerating insulated copper wire, a hazardous residue of wire recycling.

Is Basel A1090 hazardous waste?

Normally yes. Basel A1090 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 A1090 cover?

Covers ash produced when insulated copper wiring is incinerated.

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Is ash from burning insulated copper wire always Basel A1090?

CodeWhen it fits
A1090It is ash produced when insulated copper wiring is incinerated.

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 A1090?

CodeWhat it is
A1050Electroplating sludge
A1060Spent metal-pickling liquid
A1070Zinc leaching residues
A1080Hazardous lead-and-cadmium zinc residue
A1100Copper-smelter gas-cleaning residue
A1110Used copper electrorefining electrolyte
A1120Copper electrolyte-cleaning sludge
A1130Copper-bearing spent etchant

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