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Precious metals (gold, silver, the platinum group, but not mercury)
Iron and steel scrap
Copper scrap
Nickel scrap
Aluminium scrap
Zinc scrap
Tin scrap
Tungsten scrap
Molybdenum scrap
Tantalum scrap
Magnesium scrap
Cobalt scrap
Bismuth scrap
Titanium scrap
Zirconium scrap
Manganese scrap
Germanium scrap
Vanadium scrap
Scrap of Hafnium, Indium, Niobium, Rhenium and Gallium
Thorium scrap
Rare earths scrap
Chromium scrap
Antimony scrap
Beryllium scrap
Cadmium scrap
Lead scrap (but excluding lead-acid batteries)
Selenium scrap
Tellurium scrap
Editorial Information
Hard zinc spelter
Zinc-containing drosses:
Galvanising slab zinc top dross (>90 % Zn)
Galvanising slab zinc bottom dross (>92 % Zn)
Zinc die casting dross (>85 % Zn)
Hot dip galvanisers slab zinc dross (batch) (>92 % Zn)
Zinc skimmings
Aluminium skimmings (or skims) excluding salt slag
Slags from copper processing for further processing or refining not containing arsenic, lead or cadmium to an extent that they exhibit Annex III hazard characteristics
Wastes of refractory linings, including crucibles, originating from copper smelting
Slags from precious metals processing for further refining
Tantalum bearing tin slags with less than 0,5 % tin
Electronic assemblies consisting only of metals or alloys
Waste electrical and electronic assemblies or scrap(4)(including printed circuit boards) not containing components such as accumulators and other batteries included on list A, mercury-switches, glass from cathode-ray tubes and other activated glass and PCB-capacitors, or not contaminated with Annex I constituents (e.g. cadmium, mercury, lead, polychlorinated biphenyl) or from which these have been removed, to an extent that they do not possess any of the characteristics contained in Annex III (note the related entry on list A, A1180)
Electrical and electronic assemblies (including printed circuit boards, electronic components and wires) destined for direct re-use(5) and not for recycling or final disposal(6)
— | Transition Metals, excluding waste catalysts (spent catalysts, liquid used catalysts or other catalysts) on list A | Scandium Vanadium Manganese Cobalt Copper Yttrium Niobium Hafnium Tungsten | Titanium Chromium Iron Nickel Zinc Zirconium Molybdenum Tantalum Rhenium |
— | Lanthanides (rare earth metals): | Lanthanum Praseodymium Samarium Gadolinium Dysprosium Erbium Ytterbium | Cerium [X1Neodymium] Europium Terbium Holmium Thulium Lutetium |
Natural graphite waste
Slate waste, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise
Mica waste
Leucite, nepheline and nepheline syenite waste
Feldspar waste
Fluorspar waste
Silica wastes in solid form excluding those used in foundry operations
Cullet and other waste and scrap of glass except for glass from cathode-ray tubes and other activated glasses
Cermet wastes and scrap (metal ceramic composites)
Ceramic based fibres not elsewhere specified or included
Partially refined calcium sulphate produced from flue-gas desulphurisation (FGD)
Waste gypsum wallboard or plasterboard arising from the demolition of buildings
Slag from copper production, chemically stabilised, having a high iron content (above 20 %) and processed according to industrial specifications (e.g. DIN 4301 and DIN 8201) mainly for construction and abrasive applications
Sulphur in solid form
Limestone from the production of calcium cyanamide (having a pH less than 9)
Sodium, potassium, calcium chlorides
Carborundum (silicon carbide)
Broken concrete
Lithium-Tantalum and Lithium-Niobium containing glass scraps
The following plastic or mixed plastic materials, provided they are not mixed with other wastes and are prepared to a specification:
Scrap plastic of non-halogenated polymers and copolymers, including but not limited to the following(8):
ethylene
styrene
polypropylene
polyethylene terephthalate
acrylonitrile
butadiene
polyacetals
polyamides
polybutylene terephthalate
polycarbonates
polyethers
polyphenylene sulphides
acrylic polymers
alkanes C10-C13 (plasticiser)
polyurethane (not containing CFCs)
polysiloxanes
polymethyl methacrylate
polyvinyl alcohol
polyvinyl butyral
polyvinyl acetate
Cured waste resins or condensation products including the following:
urea formaldehyde resins
phenol formaldehyde resins
melamine formaldehyde resins
expoxy resins
alkyd resins
polyamides
[X2The following fluorinated polymer wastes (9) :
perfluoroethylene/propylene (FEP)
perfluoro alkoxyl alkane
tetrafluoroethylene/per fluoro vinyl ether (PFA)
tetrafluoroethylene/per fluoro methylvinyl ether (MFA)
polyvinylfluoride (PVF)
polyvinylidenefluoride (PVDF)]
Editorial Information
The following materials, provided they are not mixed with hazardous wastes:
Waste and scrap of paper or paperboard of:
unbleached paper or paperboard or of corrugated paper or paperboard
other paper or paperboard, made mainly of bleached chemical pulp, not coloured in the mass
paper or paperboard made mainly of mechanical pulp (for example, newspapers, journals and similar printed matter)
other, including but not limited to
laminated paperboard;
unsorted scrap
Non-separable plastic fraction
Non-separable plastic-aluminium fraction
Textual Amendments
The following materials, provided they are not mixed with other wastes and are prepared to a specification:
Silk waste (including cocoons unsuitable for reeling, yarn waste and garnetted stock)
not carded or combed
other
Waste of wool or of fine or coarse animal hair, including yarn waste but excluding garnetted stock
noils of wool or of fine animal hair
other waste of wool or of fine animal hair
waste of coarse animal hair
Cotton waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock)
yarn waste (including thread waste)
garnetted stock
other
Flax tow and waste
Tow and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) of true hemp (Cannabis sativa L.)
Tow and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) of jute and other textile bast fibres (excluding flax, true hemp and ramie)
Tow and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) of sisal and other textile fibres of the genus Agave
Tow, noils and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) of coconut
Tow, noils and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) of abaca (Manila hemp or Musa textilis Nee)
Tow, noils and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) of ramie and other vegetable textile fibres, not elsewhere specified or included
Waste (including noils, yarn waste and garnetted stock) of man-made fibres
of synthetic fibres
of artificial fibres
Worn clothing and other worn textile articles
Used rags, scrap twine, cordage, rope and cables and worn out articles of twine, cordage, rope or cables of textile
sorted
other
The following materials, provided they are not mixed with other wastes:
Waste and scrap of hard rubber (e.g. ebonite)
Other rubber wastes (excluding such wastes specified elsewhere)
Wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms
Cork waste: crushed, granulated or ground cork
Wine lees
Dried and sterilised vegetable waste, residues and byproducts, whether or not in the form of pellets, or a kind used in animal feeding, not elsewhere specified or included
[X1Degras; residues resulting] from the treatment of fatty substances or animal or vegetable waxes
Waste of bones and horn-cores, unworked, defatted, simply prepared (but not cut to shape), treated with acid or degelatinised
Fish waste
Cocoa shells, husks, skins and other cocoa waste
Other wastes from the agro-food industry excluding by-products which meet national and international requirements and standards for human or animal consumption
Waste of human hair
Waste straw
Deactivated fungus mycelium from penicillin production to be used as animal feed
References in Lists A and B to Annexes I, III and IV refer to Annexes of the Basel Convention.
Note that even where low level contamination with Annex I materials initially exists, subsequent processes, including recycling processes, may result in separated fractions containing significantly enhanced concentrations of those Annex I materials.
[X1The status of zinc ash is currently under review and there is a recommendation with United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) that zinc ashes should not be dangerous goods.]
This entry does not include scrap from electrical power generation.
Re-use can include repair, refurbishment or upgrading, but not major reassembly.
In some countries these materials destined for direct re-use are not considered wastes.
The concentration level of Benzol[a]pyrene should not be 50mg/kg or more.
It is understood that such scraps are completely polymerised.
[X2Post-consumer wastes are excluded from this entry
Wastes shall not be mixed
Problems arising from open-burning practices to be considered]