Cross-border Movement of Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Recyclable Material Regulations (SOR/2021-25)
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Regulations are current to 2024-10-30 and last amended on 2021-10-31. Previous Versions
SCHEDULE 11(Clauses 78(1)(a)(iii)(A) and (C) to (F) and Schedules 3 and 4)
PART 1
Reasons Why Waste or Recyclable Material Is Intended for Disposal or Recycling
| Column 1 | Column 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Item | Code | Reason |
| 1 | Q1 | Production residues that are not otherwise specified in this Part. |
| 2 | Q2 | Off-specification products. |
| 3 | Q3 | Products whose date for appropriate use has expired. |
| 4 | Q4 | Material that has been spilled or lost or has undergone other mishap, including any material, equipment, etc., that has been contaminated as a result of the mishap. |
| 5 | Q5 | Material that has been contaminated or soiled as a result of planned actions (e.g., residues from cleaning operations, packing material, containers). |
| 6 | Q6 | Unusable parts (e.g., rejected batteries, exhausted catalysts). |
| 7 | Q7 | Substances that no longer perform satisfactorily (e.g., contaminated acids, contaminated solvents, exhausted tempering salts). |
| 8 | Q8 | Residues from industrial processes (e.g., slags, still bottoms). |
| 9 | Q9 | Residues from pollution abatement processes (e.g., scrubber sludges, baghouse dusts, spent filters). |
| 10 | Q10 | Machining or finishing residues (e.g., lathe turning, mill scales). |
| 11 | Q11 | Residues from raw material processing (e.g., mining residues, oil field slop). |
| 12 | Q12 | Adulterated material (e.g., oils contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls). |
| 13 | Q13 | Any material, substance or product whose use has been banned by law in the country of destination. |
| 14 | Q14 | Products for which there is no further use (e.g., agricultural, household, office, commercial and shop discards). |
| 15 | Q15 | Any material, substance or product that results from remedial actions with respect to contaminated land. |
| 16 | Q16 | Any material, substance or product that the generator or exporter declares to be waste and that are not referred to in this Part. |
PART 2
Generic Types of Potentially Hazardous Waste
| Column 1 | Column 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Item | Code | Type |
| 1 | 1 | Clinical waste from medical care in hospitals, medical centres and clinics. (Y1) |
| 2 | 2 | Waste from the production and preparation of pharmaceutical products. (Y2) |
| 3 | 3 | Waste pharmaceuticals, drugs and medicines. (Y3) |
| 4 | 4 | Waste from the production, formulation and use of biocides and phytopharmaceuticals. (Y4) |
| 5 | 5 | Waste from the manufacture, formulation and use of wood-preserving chemicals. (Y5) |
| 6 | 6 | Waste from the production, formulation and use of organic solvents. (Y6) |
| 7 | 7 | Waste from heat treatment and tempering operations that contains cyanides. (Y7) |
| 8 | 8 | Waste mineral oils that are unfit for their originally intended use. (Y8) |
| 9 | 9 | Waste oil and water, hydrocarbon and water mixtures and emulsions. (Y9) |
| 10 | 10 | Waste substances and articles that contain or are contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls, polychlorinated terphenyls, or polybrominated biphenyls. (Y10) |
| 11 | 11 | Waste tarry residues from refining, distillation and any pyrolytic treatment. (Y11) |
| 12 | 12 | Waste from the production, formulation and use of inks, dyes, pigments, paints, lacquers and varnishes. (Y12) |
| 13 | 13 | Waste from the production, formulation and use of resins, latex, plasticizers, glues and adhesives. (Y13) |
| 14 | 14 | Waste chemical substances from research and development or teaching activities that are not identified or are new, and whose effects on humans or the environment are unknown. (Y14) |
| 15 | 15 | Waste of an explosive nature that is not subject to other legislation. (Y15) |
| 16 | 16 | Waste from the production, formulation and use of photographic chemicals and processing material. (Y16) |
| 17 | 17 | Waste from surface treatment of metals and plastics. (Y17) |
| 18 | 18 | Residues from industrial waste-disposal operations. (Y18) |
| 19 | 19 | Material that contains any of the constituents listed in column 2 of Part 3 and that consists of animal or vegetable soaps, fats or waxes. |
| 20 | 20 | Non-halogenated organic substances that are not employed as solvents. |
| 21 | 21 | Inorganic substances without metals. |
| 22 | 22 | Ashes or cinders. |
| 23 | 23 | Soil, sand or clay, including dredging spoils. |
| 24 | 24 | Non-cyanidic tempering salts. |
| 25 | 25 | Metallic dust or powder. |
| 26 | 26 | Spent catalyst material. |
| 27 | 27 | Liquids or sludges that contain metals. |
| 28 | 28 | Residue from pollution-control operations, except scrubber sludges and sludges from water-purification plants and wastewater treatment plants. |
| 29 | 29 | Scrubber sludges. |
| 30 | 30 | Sludges from water-purification plants and wastewater treatment plants. |
| 31 | 31 | Decarbonization residue. |
| 32 | 32 | Ion-exchange column residue. |
| 33 | 33 | Sewage sludges. |
| 34 | 34 | Wastewaters that are not otherwise taken into account in this Part. |
| 35 | 35 | Residue from the cleaning of tanks or equipment. |
| 36 | 36 | Contaminated equipment. |
| 37 | 37 | Contaminated containers whose contents included one or more of the constituents listed in column 2 of Part 3. |
| 38 | 38 | Batteries and other electrical cells. |
| 39 | 39 | Vegetable oils. |
| 40 | 40 | Material that has been segregated from households and that exhibits any of the characteristics listed in column 2 of Part 4. |
| 41 | 41 | Any other waste that contains any of the constituents listed in column 2 of Part 3. |
PART 3
Constituents of Potentially Hazardous Waste
| Column 1 | Column 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Item | Code | ConstituentFootnote for PART 3 Constituents of Potentially Hazardous Wastea |
| 1 | C1 | Beryllium, beryllium compounds (Y20) |
| 2 | C2 | Vanadium compounds |
| 3 | C3 | Hexavalent chromium compounds (Y21) |
| 4 | C4 | Cobalt compounds |
| 5 | C5 | Nickel compounds |
| 6 | C6 | Copper compounds (Y22) |
| 7 | C7 | Zinc compounds (Y23) |
| 8 | C8 | Arsenic, arsenic compounds (Y24) |
| 9 | C9 | Selenium, selenium compounds (Y25) |
| 10 | C10 | Silver compounds |
| 11 | C11 | Cadmium, cadmium compounds (Y26) |
| 12 | C12 | Tin compounds |
| 13 | C13 | Antimony, antimony compounds (Y27) |
| 14 | C14 | Tellurium, tellurium compounds (Y28) |
| 15 | C15 | Barium, barium compounds, excluding barium sulfate |
| 16 | C16 | Mercury, mercury compounds (Y29) |
| 17 | C17 | Thallium, thallium compounds (Y30) |
| 18 | C18 | Lead, lead compounds (Y31) |
| 19 | C19 | Inorganic sulphides |
| 20 | C20 | Inorganic fluorine compounds, excluding calcium fluoride (Y32) |
| 21 | C21 | Inorganic cyanides (Y33) |
| 22 | C22 | The following alkaline or alkaline earth metals: lithium, sodium, calcium, potassium and magnesium |
| 23 | C23 | Acidic solutions or acids in solid form (Y34) |
| 24 | C24 | Basic solutions or bases in solid form (Y35) |
| 25 | C25 | Asbestos (dust and fibres) (Y36) |
| 26 | C26 | Organic phosphorus compounds (Y37) |
| 27 | C27 | Metal carbonyls (Y19) |
| 28 | C28 | Peroxides |
| 29 | C29 | Chlorates |
| 30 | C30 | Perchlorates |
| 31 | C31 | Azides |
| 32 | C32 | Polychlorinated biphenyls, polychlorinated terphenyls, polybrominated biphenyls (Y10) |
| 33 | C33 | Pharmaceutical or veterinary compounds |
| 34 | C34 | Biocides and phyto-pharmaceutical substances |
| 35 | C35 | Infectious substances |
| 36 | C36 | Creosotes |
| 37 | C37 | Isocyanates, thiocyanates |
| 38 | C38 | Organic cyanides (Y38) |
| 39 | C39 | Phenols, phenol compounds, including chlorophenols (Y39) |
| 40 | C40 | Ethers (Y40) |
| 41 | C41 | Halogenated organic solvents (Y41) |
| 42 | C42 | Organic solvents, excluding halogenated solvents (Y42) |
| 43 | C43 | Organohalogen compounds other than substances referred to in this Part (Y45) |
| 44 | C44 | Aromatic compounds, polycyclic and heterocyclic organic compounds |
| 45 | C45 | Organic nitrogen compounds, especially aliphatic amines |
| 46 | C46 | Organic nitrogen compounds, especially aromatic amines |
| 47 | C47 | Substances of an explosive character (Y15) |
| 48 | C48 | Sulphur organic compounds |
| 49 | C49 | Any congenor of polychlorinated dibenzo-furan (Y43) |
| 50 | C50 | Any congenor of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin (Y44) |
| 51 | C51 | Hydrocarbons and their oxygen, nitrogen and sulphur compounds that are not otherwise taken into account in this Part |
Return to footnote aIf applicable, correspondence with codes referred to in Annex I to the Convention is indicated in brackets after the constituent.
PART 4
List of Hazardous Characteristics
| Column 1 | Column 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Item | CodeFootnote for PART 4 List of Hazardous Characteristicsb | Hazardous Characteristic |
| 1 | H3 | Liquids, mixtures of liquids and liquids containing solids in solution or suspension that give off a flammable vapour at temperatures of not more than 60.5ºC, for a closed-cup test, or not more than 65.6ºC for an open-cup test. (Since the results of open- and closed-cup tests are not strictly comparable and even individual results by the same test are often variable, regulations varying from the above figures to make allowance for such differences would be within the spirit of this description.) Includes paints, varnishes, lacquers, etc., but does not include any substance or waste that is otherwise classified on account of its dangerous characteristics. (Flammable liquids) |
| 2 | H4.1 | Solids or waste solids (other than those classed as explosives) that, under conditions encountered in transport, are readily combustible or may cause or contribute to fire through friction. (Flammable solids) |
| 3 | H4.2 | Any substance or waste that is liable to spontaneous heating under normal conditions encountered in transport or to heating up in contact with air, and is liable to catch fire. (Spontaneous combustion) |
| 4 | H4.3 | Any substance or waste that is liable, by interaction with water, to become spontaneously flammable or to give off flammable gases in dangerous quantities. (In contact with water, spontaneous combustion or emission of flammable gases) |
| 5 | H5.1 | Any substance or waste that is not necessarily combustible itself but that may, generally by yielding oxygen, cause or contribute to the combustion of other material. (Oxidizing) |
| 6 | H5.2 | Any organic substance or waste containing the bivalent-0-0-structure that may undergo exothermic self-accelerating decomposition due to its thermal instability. (Organic peroxides) |
| 7 | H6.1 | Any substance or waste that is liable to cause death, serious injury or harm to human health if swallowed, inhaled or placed in contact with skin. (Poisonous (acute)) |
| 8 | H6.2 | Any substance or waste containing viable micro-organisms or their toxins that are known or suspected to cause disease in animals or humans. (Infectious Substances) |
| 9 | H8 | Any substance or waste that, by chemical action, causes severe damage when in contact with living tissue or, in the case of leakage, materially damages or destroys other goods or the means of transport. It may also cause other hazards. (Corrosives) |
| 10 | H10 | Any substance or waste that is liable, by interaction with air or water, to give off toxic gases in dangerous quantities. (Liberation of toxic gases in contact with air or water) |
| 11 | H11 | Any substance or waste that, if it is inhaled or ingested, or if it penetrates the skin, may involve delayed or chronic effects, including carcinogenicity. (Toxic (delayed or chronic)) |
| 12 | H12 | Any substance or waste that, if it is released, presents or may cause immediate or delayed adverse impacts to the environment by means of bioaccumulation or has toxic effects on biotic systems. (Ecotoxic) |
| 13 | H13 | Any substance or waste that is capable, by any means after disposal, of yielding another material (e.g., leachate that possesses any of the characteristics listed in this Part). (Leachate) |
Return to footnote bCode numbers correspond to the hazard class numbering system in the United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods for H3 through H8.
PART 5
Activities That May Generate Potentially Hazardous Waste
| Column 1 | Column 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Item | Code | Activity |
| Agriculture — Farming Industry | ||
| 1 | A100 | Agriculture and forest management |
| 2 | A101 | Cultivation |
| 3 | A102 | Animal husbandry |
| 4 | A103 | Forest management and forest exploitation (lumbering) |
| 5 | A110 | Animal and vegetable products from the food sector |
| 6 | A111 | Meat industry, slaughterhouses and butchery |
| 7 | A112 | Dairy industry |
| 8 | A113 | Animal and vegetable oil and grease industry |
| 9 | A114 | Sugar industry |
| 10 | A115 | Other activities of the food sector |
| 11 | A120 | Drink industry |
| 12 | A121 | Distillation of alcohol and spirits |
| 13 | A122 | Brewing of beer |
| 14 | A123 | Manufacture of other drinks |
| 15 | A130 | Manufacture of animal feed |
| Energy | ||
| 16 | A150 | Coal industry |
| 17 | A151 | Production and preparation of coal and coal products |
| 18 | A152 | Coking operations |
| 19 | A160 | Petroleum industry |
| 20 | A161 | Extraction of petroleum and natural gas |
| 21 | A162 | Petroleum refining |
| 22 | A163 | Storage of petroleum and products derived from refining of natural gas |
| 23 | A170 | Production of electricity |
| 24 | A171 | Central thermal facilities |
| 25 | A172 | Central hydraulic facilities |
| 26 | A173 | Central nuclear facilities |
| 27 | A174 | Other central electricity facilities |
| 28 | A180 | Production of water |
| Metallurgy — Mechanical and Electrical Engineering | ||
| 29 | A200 | Extraction of metallic ores |
| 30 | A210 | Ferrous metallurgy |
| 31 | A211 | Cast iron production (coke oven) |
| 32 | A212 | Raw steel production (pig iron) |
| 33 | A213 | Primary steel transformation (rolling mills) |
| 34 | A220 | Non-ferrous metallurgy |
| 35 | A221 | Production of alumina |
| 36 | A222 | Aluminum metallurgy |
| 37 | A223 | Metallurgy of lead and zinc |
| 38 | A224 | Metallurgy of precious metals |
| 39 | A225 | Metallurgy of other non-ferrous metals |
| 40 | A226 | Ferro-alloy industry |
| 41 | A227 | Manufacture of electrodes |
| 42 | A230 | Foundry and metalworking operations |
| 43 | A231 | Ferrous metal foundries |
| 44 | A232 | Non-ferrous metal foundries |
| 45 | A233 | Metalworking (not including machining) |
| 46 | A240 | Mechanical, electrical and electronic construction |
| 47 | A241 | Machining |
| 48 | A242 | Thermal treatment |
| 49 | A243 | Surface treatment |
| 50 | A244 | Application of paint |
| 51 | A245 | Assembly and wiring |
| 52 | A246 | Production of batteries and dry cells |
| 53 | A247 | Production of electrical wires and cables (cladding, plating, insulation) |
| 54 | A248 | Production of electronic components |
| Non-Metallic Minerals — Construction Material — Ceramics — Glass | ||
| 55 | A260 | Mining and quarrying of non-metallic minerals |
| 56 | A270 | Construction material, ceramics and glass |
| 57 | A271 | Production of lime, cement and plaster |
| 58 | A272 | Fabrication of ceramic products |
| 59 | A273 | Fabrication of products containing asbestos cement |
| 60 | A274 | Production of other construction material |
| 61 | A275 | Glass industry |
| 62 | A280 | Building, building sites and landscaping |
| Primary Chemical Industry | ||
| 63 | A300 | Production of primary chemicals and chemical feedstocks |
| 64 | A301 | Chlorine industry |
| 65 | A351 | Fertilizer fabrication |
| 66 | A401 | Other manufacturing generators of primary inorganic industrial chemicals |
| 67 | A451 | Petroleum and coal industry |
| 68 | A501 | Manufacture of basic plastic material |
| 69 | A551 | Other primary organic chemical manufacture |
| 70 | A601 | Chemical treatment of fats and fabrication of basic substances for detergents |
| 71 | A651 | Fabrication of pharmaceuticals, pesticides, biocides and weed killers |
| 72 | A669 | Other manufacture of finished chemicals |
| Industries Producing Products Based Upon Primary Chemicals | ||
| 73 | A700 | Production of inks, varnish, paints and glues |
| 74 | A701 | Production of ink |
| 75 | A702 | Production of paint |
| 76 | A703 | Production of varnish |
| 77 | A704 | Production of glue |
| 78 | A710 | Fabrication of photographic products |
| 79 | A711 | Production of photosensitive plates |
| 80 | A712 | Fabrication of products for photographic treatments |
| 81 | A720 | Perfume industry and fabrication of soap and detergent products |
| 82 | A721 | Fabrication of soap products |
| 83 | A722 | Fabrication of detergent products |
| 84 | A723 | Fabrication of perfume products |
| 85 | A730 | Finished rubber and plastic material |
| 86 | A731 | Rubber industry |
| 87 | A732 | Finished plastic material |
| 88 | A740 | Fabrication of products based upon asbestos |
| 89 | A750 | Production of powders and explosives |
| Textiles and Leathers — Various Wood Based and Furniture Industries | ||
| 90 | A760 | Textile and clothing industry |
| 91 | A761 | Combing and carding of textile fibres |
| 92 | A762 | Threading, spinning and weaving |
| 93 | A763 | Bleaching, dyeing and printing |
| 94 | A764 | Clothing manufacture |
| 95 | A770 | Leather and hide industry |
| 96 | A771 | Tanneries, tanning |
| 97 | A772 | Fur trade |
| 98 | A773 | Manufacture of shoes and other leather products |
| 99 | A780 | Wood and furniture industry |
| 100 | A781 | Sawmills and production of wood panels |
| 101 | A782 | Manufacture of wood and furniture products |
| 102 | A790 | Various related industries |
| Paper — Cardboard — Printing | ||
| 103 | A800 | Paper and cardboard industry |
| 104 | A801 | Fabrication of paper pulp |
| 105 | A802 | Manufacture of paper and cardboard |
| 106 | A803 | Finished goods of paper and cardboard |
| 107 | A810 | Printing, publishing and photographic laboratories |
| 108 | A811 | Printing and publishing |
| 109 | A812 | Photographic laboratories |
| Commercial Services | ||
| 110 | A820 | Laundries, bleaching services and dyers |
| 111 | A830 | Business enterprise |
| 112 | A840 | Transport, automobile dealers and repair facilities |
| 113 | A841 | Automobile dealers and automobile repair facilities |
| 114 | A842 | Transportation |
| 115 | A850 | Hotels, cafés and restaurants |
| General Services | ||
| 116 | A860 | Health |
| 117 | A861 | Health (hospitals, medical centres, nursing homes and laboratories) |
| 118 | A870 | Research |
| 119 | A871 | Research (including research laboratories) |
| 120 | A880 | Administrative activities, offices |
| Households | ||
| 121 | A890 | Households |
| Pollution Control — Waste Disposal | ||
| 122 | A900 | Cleaning and maintenance of public areas |
| 123 | A910 | Urban water treatment facilities |
| 124 | A920 | Urban waste treatment |
| 125 | A930 | Treatment of industrial effluents and waste |
| 126 | A931 | Incineration |
| 127 | A932 | Physico-chemical treatment |
| 128 | A933 | Biological treatment |
| 129 | A934 | Solidification of waste |
| 130 | A935 | Collection or pre-treatment of waste |
| 131 | A936 | Landbased disposal above, on or below the surface |
| Regeneration — Recovery | ||
| 132 | A940 | Regeneration activities |
| 133 | A941 | Regeneration of oils |
| 134 | A942 | Regeneration of solvents |
| 135 | A943 | Regeneration of ion exchange resins |
| 136 | A950 | Recovery activities |
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