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N230 national waste code Heat-resistant fibre blanket & board that acts like asbestos.

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N230, Asbestos-like ceramic fibres.

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    Asbestos-like ceramic fibres

National reporting N230: use for ceramic fibres whose physical and chemical behaviour resembles asbestos.

Ceramic fibres whose physical & chemical behaviour resembles asbestos, used in furnace linings. A national reporting category.

Is National N230 hazardous waste?

Not from the code alone. N230 is a DCCEEW category for hazardous-waste reporting. It groups national data and does not make every material with that description hazardous. State and territory rules decide the classification, exclusions and movement duties for a real load.

Enter N230 in the national waste-data category field when you report under that standard. It is not a national transport certificate. A movement needs the code and record accepted where it starts, plus any destination consignment authorisation an interstate controlled load needs. Use separate interstate movement controls for that, because a reporting code gives no state movement classification.

What does National N230 cover?

Ceramic fibres that resemble asbestos in both physical and chemical characteristics. Being ceramic is not enough on its own.

Official wording
Ceramic-based fibres with physico-chemical characteristics similar to those of asbestos
Reporting group
Soil/sludge
Description edition
2015

Are asbestos-like ceramic fibres National N230?

CodeWhen it fits
N230The ceramic fibres resemble asbestos in physical and chemical characteristics.

These examples show the reporting category only. They don't set a state's code, classification threshold or whether a facility may receive the waste. Use the state's own list before preparing transport paperwork.

Which wastes take National N230?

WasteWhen it’s N230
Ceramic fibre wasteThe material contains respirable ceramic fibres.

Which codes sit beside National N230?

CodeWhat it is
N160Fixed, solidified or encapsulated waste
N190Filter cake with listed-waste residue
N205Industrial waste-treatment residue
N220Asbestos waste
R100Clinical and related waste
R120Discarded medicines and pharmaceuticals
R140Pharmaceutical-production waste
T100Research, laboratory and teaching chemicals