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A2020 Basel waste code Wet fluoride waste from industry, as liquid or sludge.

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A2020, Liquid or sludge inorganic fluoride waste.

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    Liquid or sludge inorganic fluoride waste

Use A2020 for liquid or sludge inorganic fluoride waste as a presumptively hazardous Basel waste.

Basel List A waste, presumed hazardous. Inorganic fluoride waste in liquid or sludge form, other than wastes on List B.

Is Basel A2020 hazardous waste?

Normally yes. Basel A2020 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 A2020 cover?

Liquid or sludge waste made up of inorganic fluorine compounds, except entries assigned to List B.

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Is inorganic fluoride waste always Basel A2020?

CodeWhen it fits
A2020Liquid or sludge waste made up of inorganic fluorine compounds, except entries assigned to List B.

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 A2020?

CodeWhat it is
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A1190Hazard-contaminated plastic-coated cable
A2010Activated and cathode-ray-tube glass
A2030Catalyst waste outside List B
A2040Hazardous chemical-industry gypsum
A2050Discarded asbestos fibre or dust
A2060Hazardous fly ash from coal power