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A4130 Basel waste code Drums & containers still holding hazardous residue.

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A4130, Hazardous contaminated packages and containers.

  • Basel List A codes

    Hazardous contaminated packages and containers

Use A4130 for hazardous contaminated packages and containers as a presumptively hazardous Basel waste.

Listed withBasel List A codes

Basel List A waste of packaging with enough hazardous substance left to show a hazard characteristic.

Is Basel A4130 hazardous waste?

Normally yes. Basel A4130 is a List A description, so the material counts as hazardous unless evidence shows it has no Annex III hazardous characteristic. The description and any exclusions still have to match.

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

What does Basel A4130 cover?

Covers discarded packaging and containers holding Annex I substances at concentrations that give them an Annex III hazardous characteristic.

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Are contaminated containers Basel A4130?

CodeWhen it fits
A4130Discarded packaging and containers holding Annex I substances at concentrations that give them an Annex III hazardous characteristic.

Pick the entry whose description and conditions match the waste. The code classifies the waste. It doesn't settle whether SOR/2021-25 applies, what it excludes, what the destination country controls or the intended operation.

Which codes sit beside Basel A4130?

CodeWhat it is
A4080Explosive waste outside List B
A4090Acidic or alkaline solution outside List B
A4100Industrial off-gas control waste
A4110Polychlorinated dioxin or furan waste
A4120Peroxide-bearing waste
A4140Obsolete or off-specification hazardous chemicals
A4150Unidentified or new research chemicals
A4160Spent activated carbon outside List B

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