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A1130 Basel waste code Used etching liquid loaded with dissolved copper.

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A1130, Copper-bearing spent etchant.

  • Basel List A codes

    Copper-bearing spent etchant

Use A1130 for copper-bearing spent etchant as a presumptively hazardous Basel waste.

Basel List A waste. Spent etching solutions holding dissolved copper, as left by circuit board makers.

Is Basel A1130 hazardous waste?

Normally yes. Basel A1130 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 A1130 cover?

Covers discarded etching liquid in which copper is dissolved.

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Is copper-bearing spent etchant always Basel A1130?

CodeWhen it fits
A1130It is discarded etching liquid in which copper is dissolved.

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 A1130?

CodeWhat it is
A1090Ash from burning insulated copper wire
A1100Copper-smelter gas-cleaning residue
A1110Used copper electrorefining electrolyte
A1120Copper electrolyte-cleaning sludge
A1140Discarded copper catalysts
A1150Circuit-board incinerator ash with precious metals
A1160Discarded lead-acid batteries
A1170Unsorted or hazardous unlisted batteries