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A3090 Basel waste code Tannery scraps holding chrome or pesticide.

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A3090, Chromium(VI)- or biocide-bearing leather residue.

  • Basel List A codes

    Chromium(VI)- or biocide-bearing leather residue

Use A3090 for chromium(VI)- or biocide-bearing leather residue as a presumptively hazardous Basel waste.

Basel List A waste, presumed hazardous. Leather dust, ash, sludge & flour with hexavalent chromium or biocides.

Is Basel A3090 hazardous waste?

Normally yes. A3090 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 A3090 cover?

Covers leather dust, ash, sludge or flour containing hexavalent chromium compounds or biocides. Compare B3100.

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Is leather residue with hexavalent chromium or biocides Basel A3090 or another code?

CodeWhen it fits
A3090Leather dust, ash, sludge or flour containing hexavalent chromium compounds or biocides. Compare B3100.

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 A3090?

CodeWhat it is
A3050Resin, latex, plasticizer or adhesive process waste
A3060Discarded nitrocellulose
A3070Liquid or sludge phenolic waste
A3080Ether waste outside List B
A3100Chromium(VI)- or biocide-bearing leather offcuts
A3110Hazard-bearing fellmongery waste
A3120Shredder light fraction
A3130Discarded organophosphorus compounds