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A1170 Basel waste code Mixed batteries & hazardous ones not named on List B.

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A1170, Unsorted or hazardous unlisted batteries.

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    Unsorted or hazardous unlisted batteries

Use A1170 for unsorted or hazardous unlisted batteries as a presumptively hazardous Basel waste.

Listed withBasel List A codes

Unsorted or hazardous unlisted batteries. Mixed batteries, except List B types only, and batteries with hazardous contents.

Is Basel A1170 hazardous waste?

Normally yes. Basel A1170 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 A1170 cover?

Mixed, unsorted battery waste, unless every battery type is on List B. It also takes batteries absent from List B that are hazardous because of Annex I constituents.

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Are mixed or hazardous unlisted batteries always Basel A1170?

CodeWhen it fits
A1170Mixed, unsorted batteries that include a type not on List B, or unlisted batteries made hazardous by Annex I constituents.

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 A1170?

CodeWhat it is
A1130Copper-bearing spent etchant
A1140Discarded copper catalysts
A1150Circuit-board incinerator ash with precious metals
A1160Discarded lead-acid batteries
A1180Hazardous electrical and electronic scrap
A1190Hazard-contaminated plastic-coated cable
A2010Activated and cathode-ray-tube glass
A2020Liquid or sludge inorganic fluoride waste

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