Contaminated soil waste codes Dug-up ground polluted by fuel, metals or chemicals.
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Find an Australian waste code
Contaminated soil: 9 codes.
Contaminated soil
See contaminated soil rules for exclusions, collection routes and state limits.
Australian Capital Territory
Contaminated soil
ACT: Assessment confirms soil contamination requiring this entry.
When to use N120National reporting
Contaminated soil
National: Assessment confirms soil contamination requiring this entry.
When to use N120New South Wales
Contaminated soil
NSW: Assessment confirms soil contamination requiring this entry.
When to use N120Northern Territory
Contaminated soil
NT: Assessment confirms soil contamination requiring this entry.
When to use N120South Australia
Contaminated soil
SA: Assessment confirms soil contamination requiring this entry.
When to use N120South Australia
South Australia interstate Policy: contaminated soil
SA interstate policy: Assessment confirms soil contamination requiring this entry.
When to use N120Tasmania
Contaminated soil
Tasmania: Assessment confirms soil contamination requiring this entry.
When to use N120Victoria
Asbestos-bearing or contaminated soil
Victoria: Assessment confirms soil contamination requiring this entry.
When to use N120Western Australia
Contaminated soil
WA: Assessment confirms soil contamination requiring this entry.
When to use N120
Other codes that mention it 85
Australian Capital Territory
Contaminated containers and drums
When to use N100National reporting
Contaminated containers and drums
When to use N100National reporting
Filter cake with listed-waste residue
When to use N190New South Wales
Contaminated containers and drums
When to use N100Northern Territory
Contaminated containers and drums
When to use N100South Australia
Contaminated containers and drums
When to use N100South Australia
South Australia interstate Policy: contaminated containers and drums
When to use N100South Australia
South Australia interstate Policy: filter cake with listed-waste residue
When to use N190
ComplyOnSiteIs contaminated soil always waste code N120?
Victoria uses N120 for soil above the fill-material limits or containing asbestos. The number doesn’t settle the disposal category. Read the state’s soil entry and don’t carry a classification over from another state.
What evidence decides a contaminated soil classification?
For Victorian waste soil, use site history and representative sampling to identify the contaminants known or reasonably expected. Priority waste soil also needs a disposal category. Colour, smell and the phrase clean fill don’t establish that category.
Which exclusions or special routes apply to contaminated soil waste codes?
Tasmania. Contaminated soil is not clean fill. Tasmania assesses its classification and disposal route using the EPA contaminated-soil criteria and can require an individual approval.
Australian Capital Territory. In the ACT, assess contaminated soil and establish its classification. Get EPA approval before disposing of or beneficially reusing contaminated soil, or soil from a site that might be contaminated. Landfill disposal also needs the ACT approval form.
Northern Territory. Contaminated soil is listed waste when it contains a listed waste. Don’t use the inert-material reclamation exception for it. In Darwin, Shoal Bay requires an application before accepting soil.
The shared classification and movement limits for contaminated soil waste codes are on the Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory pages.
What do you do next with contaminated soil waste codes?
For contaminated soil, keep the sampling and site-history evidence with the load decision, get any soil disposal approval, and confirm the receiving facility before transport.
Sources
- Environmental Standards: Assessment and Classification of Liquid and Non-liquid Wastes
- Types of Waste accepted at Shoal Bay Waste Management Facility
- Waste Management and Pollution Control Act 1998
- Clean Fill
- Required Approvals and Authorisations for Controlled Waste Management
- Storage and Reuse of Waste Tyres
- Environment Protection Regulation 2005
- Environmental Management and Pollution Control (Waste Management) Regulations 2020
- Hazardous Waste in Australia, final report version 2
- National Environment Protection (Movement of Controlled Waste between States and Territories) Measure 1998, compilation F2012C00858
- Waste disposal categories – characteristics and thresholds
- Manage waste soil
- Waste codes and descriptions
- Responsibilities of controlled waste producers in the ACT
- Waste that needs to be tracked
- Waste Management and Pollution Control (Administration) Regulations 1998
- Guidelines: Movement of Controlled (Listed) Waste
- Guide for Completing Waste Transport Certificate (WTC), Appendix 1 Table 1 Waste Code
- Environment Protection (Movement of Controlled Waste) Policy 2014
- Controlled Waste Category Codes
- Controlled waste category list
- Controlled Waste
- Environment Protection Regulations 2021, authorised Version 010
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