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C20 federal waste code Fluoride salts from etching & smelting, apart from fluorspar.

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C20, Inorganic fluorine compounds, excluding calcium fluoride (Y32).

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    Inorganic fluorine compounds, excluding calcium fluoride (Y32)

Use C20 when the material contains inorganic fluorine compounds, excluding calcium fluoride (Y32).

Federal constituent code for waste containing inorganic fluorine compounds. Calcium fluoride is left out. Also Basel category Y32.

Is Federal C20 hazardous waste?

Not from this code alone. Federal C20 is one classification component for hazardous waste or hazardous recyclable material. It records a constituent or characteristic. The full evidence and the definitions and exclusions in SOR/2021-25 decide the federal status.

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 Federal C20 cover?

Federal C20 covers inorganic fluorine compounds, excluding calcium fluoride (Y32). Use it when the material contains inorganic fluorine compounds, excluding calcium fluoride (Y32). Match the material, its source and any stated composition, concentration, test or use condition. The name alone doesn't settle it.

Official wording
Inorganic fluorine compounds, excluding calcium fluoride (Y32)

Is waste with inorganic fluorine compounds, excluding calcium fluoride (Y32) Federal C20 or another code?

CodeWhen it fits
C20the material contains inorganic fluorine compounds, excluding calcium fluoride (Y32).

Pick the code from the material's real origin, use, composition and test results. A shared chemical or process word doesn't make 2 codes interchangeable. The full listed condition and any federal exclusion still apply.

Which codes sit beside Federal C20?

CodeWhat it is
C16Mercury, mercury compounds (Y29)
C17Thallium, thallium compounds (Y30)
C18Lead, lead compounds (Y31)
C19Inorganic sulphides
C21Inorganic cyanides (Y33)
C22Alkaline or alkaline earth metals
C23Acidic solutions or acids in solid form (Y34)
C24Basic solutions or bases in solid form (Y35)