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A4150 Basel waste code Unlabelled or new lab chemicals with unknown effects.

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A4150, Unidentified or new research chemicals.

  • Basel List A codes

    Unidentified or new research chemicals

Use A4150 for unidentified or new research chemicals as a presumptively hazardous Basel waste.

Listed withBasel List A codes

Basel List A waste from research & teaching labs. The chemical is unidentified or new, and its health effects are unknown.

Is Basel A4150 hazardous waste?

Normally yes. Basel A4150 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 A4150 cover?

Covers discarded chemicals from research, development or teaching that are unidentified or new, and whose effects on people or the environment are unknown.

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Are unidentified research chemicals Basel A4150?

CodeWhen it fits
A4150Discarded chemicals from research, development or teaching that are unidentified or new, and whose effects on people or the environment are unknown.

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 A4150?

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
A4130Hazardous contaminated packages and containers
A4140Obsolete or off-specification hazardous chemicals
A4160Spent activated carbon outside List B

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