AC300 OECD waste code Plastic waste contaminated enough to be hazardous.

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OECD amber waste codes
Plastic waste hazardous through Appendix 1 content

Use AC300 only when its complete OECD amber waste codes description applies.

OECD amber waste code for plastic waste, including mixtures, that holds or is contaminated with hazardous constituents.

Is OECD AC300 hazardous waste?

For controlled OECD recovery movements. OECD AC300 is an OECD amber-list waste for recovery movements. The code describes the material. SOR/2021-25 and the countries' rules decide whether the Canadian movement is regulated.

On a federally regulated international shipment, the applicant enters the waste classification in the waste-line details of the federal notification in CNMTS. The movement rules and exclusions say when that applies.

What does OECD AC300 cover?

The amber code covers plastic waste and mixtures whose Appendix 1 constituents or contamination cause a characteristic set out in Appendix 2. SOR/2021-25 decides Canadian controls on a recovery movement, not the amber code alone.

Official wording: Read the official entry
Rule: SOR/2021-25

Is plastic waste hazardous through Appendix 1 content always OECD AC300?

Code	When it fits
AC300	Plastic waste and mixtures whose Appendix 1 constituents or contamination cause a characteristic set out in Appendix 2.

Pick the entry whose description and conditions match the material. The code classifies the waste. It doesn't settle whether SOR/2021-25 reaches the movement, any exclusions, destination-country controls or the intended operation.

Which codes sit beside OECD AC300?

Code	What it is
AC170	Treated wood and cork waste
AC250	Discarded surfactants
AC260	Liquid pig manure and faeces
AC270	Wastewater-treatment sludge
AD090	Other reprographic or photographic process waste
AD100	Non-cyanide plastic surface-treatment waste
AD120	Discarded ion-exchange resin
AD150	Natural organic filter media

AC300 OECD waste code Plastic waste contaminated enough to be hazardous.

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Is OECD AC300 hazardous waste?

What does OECD AC300 cover?

Is plastic waste hazardous through Appendix 1 content always OECD AC300?

Which codes sit beside OECD AC300?

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