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A1140 Basel waste code Spent copper chloride & copper cyanide catalysts.

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A1140, Discarded copper catalysts.

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    Discarded copper catalysts

Use A1140 for discarded copper catalysts as a presumptively hazardous Basel waste.

Listed withBasel List A codes

Basel List A waste. Used cupric chloride & copper cyanide catalysts, hazardous because of the copper & cyanide.

Is Basel A1140 hazardous waste?

Normally yes. Basel A1140 is a List A description, so the waste is presumed hazardous unless evidence shows it has none of the Annex III hazardous characteristics. The description and any stated exclusions must still match.

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

What does Basel A1140 cover?

Spent or discarded catalysts made with cupric chloride or copper cyanide.

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Are discarded copper catalysts always Basel A1140?

CodeWhen it fits
A1140Spent or discarded catalysts made with cupric chloride or copper cyanide.

Pick the entry whose description and conditions match the material. The code classifies the waste. It doesn't decide whether SOR/2021-25 applies, whether an exclusion fits, what the destination country requires or what operation is intended.

Which codes sit beside Basel A1140?

CodeWhat it is
A1100Copper-smelter gas-cleaning residue
A1110Used copper electrorefining electrolyte
A1120Copper electrolyte-cleaning sludge
A1130Copper-bearing spent etchant
A1150Circuit-board incinerator ash with precious metals
A1160Discarded lead-acid batteries
A1170Unsorted or hazardous unlisted batteries
A1180Hazardous electrical and electronic scrap

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