Skip to content

Canadian waste code finder

A3040 Basel waste code Used coolants & thermal oils from heating and cooling systems.

  • Free, no account
  • Based on ECCC's classification guide and SOR/2021-25
  • Nothing is stored

Find a Canadian waste code

A3040, Heat-transfer fluid waste.

  • Basel List A codes

    Heat-transfer fluid waste

Use A3040 for heat-transfer fluid waste as a presumptively hazardous Basel waste.

Listed withBasel List A codes

Basel List A waste, presumed hazardous. Used thermal fluids from heat transfer systems, such as heating & cooling circuits.

Is Basel A3040 hazardous waste?

Normally yes. A3040 is on Basel List A, so the material is presumed hazardous unless the evidence shows it has no Annex III hazardous characteristic. The exact description and any stated exclusions still have to match.

For international shipments under the federal rules, 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 A3040 cover?

Covers fluid made for heat transfer once it becomes waste.

Official wording
Read the official entry

Is heat-transfer fluid waste Basel A3040 or another code?

CodeWhen it fits
A3040Fluid made for heat transfer once it becomes waste.

Pick the entry whose description and conditions match the material. The code names the waste, but SOR/2021-25 scope, exclusions, destination-country controls and the intended operation are separate decisions.

Which codes sit beside Basel A3040?

CodeWhat it is
A2060Hazardous fly ash from coal power
A3010Petroleum-coke and bitumen process waste
A3020Spent mineral oil
A3030Leaded anti-knock sludge waste
A3050Resin, latex, plasticizer or adhesive process waste
A3060Discarded nitrocellulose
A3070Liquid or sludge phenolic waste
A3080Ether waste outside List B

Sources