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5 federal state/type code Leftovers from making & using wood treatment chemicals.

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5, Wood-preservative chemical waste.

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    Wood-preservative chemical waste

Use type 5 with its physical-state prefix: L5, P5, S5, G5.

Federal state & type code for waste from manufacturing, formulating and using wood-preserving chemicals. Y5 in the Basel list.

Where does Federal state/type 5 go on the federal notification?

In the waste classification details. Federal state/type 5 describes a waste or recyclable line on the federal notification. Take the Schedule 11 Part 2 number and add L, P, S or G for the physical state, chosen separately.

For federally regulated international shipments, the applicant records the waste classification in the waste-line details of the federal notification in CNMTS. The movement rules and exclusions still apply.

What does Federal state/type 5 cover?

Waste made while chemicals that preserve wood are produced, formulated or used. The material must match this wording. A similar origin or name without the same form, content or condition isn't enough.

Official wording
Waste from the manufacture, formulation and use of wood-preserving chemicals. (Y5)

Is wood-preservative waste Federal state/type 5?

CodeWhen it fits
5Waste from manufacturing, formulating or using wood-preserving chemicals.

5 is the waste-type number. Add L, P, S or G for the physical state.

Which codes sit beside Federal state/type 5?

CodeWhat it is
1Clinical care waste
2Pharmaceutical manufacturing and preparation waste
3Waste pharmaceuticals, drugs and medicines
4Biocide and crop-treatment product waste
6Organic-solvent process waste
7Waste from heat treatment and tempering operations that contains cyanides
8Waste mineral oils that are unfit for their originally intended use
9Waste oil and water, hydrocarbon and water mixtures and emulsions