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ANNEX VU.K.WASTE SUBJECT TO THE EXPORT PROHIBITION IN ARTICLE 36

Part 1(1) U.K.

List A (Annex VIII to the Basel Convention)U.K.

A3WASTES CONTAINING PRINCIPALLY ORGANIC CONSTITUENTS, WHICH MAY CONTAIN METALS AND INORGANIC MATERIALSU.K.

A3010Waste from the production or processing of petroleum coke and bitumenU.K.
A3020Waste mineral oils unfit for their originally intended useU.K.
A3030Wastes that contain, consist of or are contaminated with leaded anti-knock compound sludgesU.K.
A3040Waste thermal (heat transfer) fluidsU.K.
A3050Wastes from production, formulation and use of resins, latex, plasticisers, glues/adhesives excluding such wastes specified on list B (note the related entry on list B, B4020)U.K.
A3060Waste nitrocelluloseU.K.
A3070Waste phenols, phenol compounds including chlorophenol in the form of liquids or sludgesU.K.
A3080Waste ethers not including those specified on list BU.K.
A3090Waste leather dust, ash, sludges and flours when containing hexavalent chromium compounds or biocides (note the related entry on list B, B3100)U.K.
A3100Waste paring and other waste of leather or of composition leather not suitable for the manufacture of leather articles containing hexavalent chromium compounds or biocides (note the related entry on list B, B3090)U.K.
A3110Fellmongery wastes containing hexavalent chromium compounds or biocides or infectious substances (note the related entry on list B, B3110)U.K.
A3120Fluff — light fraction from shreddingU.K.
A3130Waste organic phosphorous compoundsU.K.
A3140Waste non-halogenated organic solvents but excluding such wastes specified on list BU.K.
A3150Waste halogenated organic solventsU.K.
A3160Waste halogenated or unhalogenated non-aqueous distillation residues arising from organic solvent recovery operationsU.K.
A3170Wastes arising from the production of aliphatic halogenated hydrocarbons (such as chloromethane, dichloro-ethane, vinyl chloride, vinylidene chloride, allyl chloride and epichlorhydrin)U.K.
A3180Wastes, substances and articles containing, consisting of or contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB), polychlorinated terphenyl (PCT), polychlorinated naphthalene (PCN) or polybrominated biphenyl (PBB), or any other polybrominated analogues of these compounds, at a concentration level of 50 mg/kg or more(2) U.K.
A3190Waste tarry residues (excluding asphalt cements) arising from refining, distillation and any pyrolitic treatment of organic materialsU.K.
A3200Bituminous material (asphalt waste) from road construction and maintenance, containing tar (note the related entry on list B B2130)U.K.
[F1A3210 Plastic waste, including mixtures of such wastes, containing or contaminated with Basel Convention, Annex I constituents to an extent that it exhibits a Basel Convention, Annex III characteristic.]U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1Annex 5 Pt. 1 List A Section A3 entry A3210 inserted (1.1.2021) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1455), regs. 2, 8(3)

(1)

References in Lists A and B to Annexes I, III and IV refer to Annexes of the Basel Convention.

(2)

The 50 mg/kg level is considered to be an internationally practical level for all wastes. However, many individual countries have established lower regulatory levels (e.g. 20 mg/kg) for specific wastes.