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B3120 Basel waste code Unwanted dye used to colour food.

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B3120, Discarded food colouring.

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    Discarded food colouring

Use B3120 for discarded food colouring as a Basel List B waste without an Annex III hazard.

Listed withBasel List B codes

Waste food dyes, the colourings used in food making. Non-hazardous Basel List B waste, from discarded food colouring.

Is Basel B3120 hazardous waste?

Not from the code alone. Basel B3120 is on Basel List B, so material matching it is normally not hazardous under the Convention. It becomes hazardous if Annex I constituents give it an Annex III hazardous characteristic. SOR/2021-25 and its exclusions decide Canadian federal control.

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 apply.

What does Basel B3120 cover?

Covers waste that consists of food dyes. List B treatment holds only while the waste has no Annex III hazardous characteristic.

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Is waste food colouring Basel B3120?

CodeWhen it fits
B3120Waste that consists of food dyes.

List B is conditional, not an exemption. If the material has an Annex III hazardous characteristic, or meets another Canadian or foreign hazardous-waste definition, classify the actual hazard and follow the controlling movement rules.

Which codes sit beside Basel B3120?

CodeWhat it is
B3080Rubber offcut and scrap waste
B3090Leather offcuts without chromium(VI) or biocide
B3100Leather residue without chromium(VI) or biocide
B3110Fellmongery waste without listed hazards
B3130Non-hazardous ether waste unable to form peroxides
B3140Waste tyres outside Annex IV A disposal
B4010Non-hazardous water-based coating waste
B4020Non-hazardous solvent-free resin or adhesive process waste

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