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

Part 1(1) U.K.

List B (Annex IX to the Basel Convention)U.K.

B3WASTES CONTAINING PRINCIPALLY ORGANIC CONSTITUENTS, WHICH MAY CONTAIN METALS AND INORGANIC MATERIALSU.K.

[F1B3011 Plastic waste listed below, provided it is destined for recycling/reclamation in an environmentally sound manner and almost free from contamination and other types of wastes: U.K.

• —Plastic waste almost exclusively consisting of one nonhalogenated polymer, including but not limited to the following polymers:

• o Polyethylene (PE)

• o Polypropylene (PP)

• o Polystyrene (PS)

• o Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS)

• o Polyethylene terephthalate (PET)

• o Polycarbonates (PC)

• o Polyethers

• —Plastic waste almost exclusively consisting of one cured resin or condensation product including, but not limited to the following resins:

  • o Urea formaldehyde resins

  • o Phenol formaldehyde resins

  • o Melamine formaldehyde resins

  • o Epoxy resins

  • o Alkyd resins

• —Plastic waste, except post-consumer waste, almost exclusively consisting of one of the following fluorinated polymers:

  • o Perfluoroethylene/propylene (FEP)

  • o Perfluoro alkoxyl alkane

  • o Tetrafluoroethylene/per fluoro vinyl ether (PFA)

  • o Tetrafluoroethylene/per fluoro methylvinyl ether (MFA)

  • o Polyvinylfluoride (PVF)

  • o Polyvinylidenefluoride (PVDF)

• —Mixtures of plastic wastes, consisting of polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP) or polyethylene terephthalate (PET), provided they are destined for separate recycling/reclamation of each material and in an environmentally sound manner, and almost free from contamination and other types of wastes.

• In this entry, “recycling/reclamation” means either of the following, as evidenced by contractual or relevant official documentation—

  (a)

  the recycling/reclamation of organic substances which are not used as solvents, or

  (b)

  if needed, temporary storage limited to one operation, provided that it is followed by the recycling/reclamation of organic substances which are not used as solvents.]

B3020Paper, paperboard and paper product wastesU.K.

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

  1.

  laminated paperboard;

  2.

  unsorted scrap

[F2B3026 The following waste from the pre-treatment of composite packaging for liquids, not containing Annex I materials in concentrations sufficient to exhibit Annex III characteristics: U.K.

• Non-separable plastic fraction

• Non-separable plastic-aluminium fraction

B3027 Self-adhesive label laminate waste containing raw materials used in label material production] U.K.

B3030Textile wastesU.K.

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

B3035Waste textile floor coverings, carpetsU.K.

B3040Rubber wastesU.K.

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)

B3050Untreated cork and wood waste:U.K.

• Wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms

• Cork waste: crushed, granulated or ground cork

B3060Wastes arising from agro-food industries provided it is not infectious:U.K.

• 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

B3065Waste edible fats and oils of animal or vegetable origin (e.g. frying oils), provided they do not exhibit an Annex III characteristicU.K.

B3070The following wastes:U.K.

• Waste of human hair

• Waste straw

• Deactivated fungus mycelium from penicillin production to be used as animal feed

B3080Waste parings and scrap of rubberU.K.

B3090Paring and other wastes of leather or of composition leather not suitable for the manufacture of leather articles, excluding leather sludges, not containing hexavalent chromium compounds and biocides (note the related entry on list A, A3100)U.K.

B3100Leather dust, ash, sludges or flours not containing hexavalent chromium compounds or biocides (note the related entry on list A, A3090)U.K.

B3110Fellmongery wastes not containing hexavalent chromium compounds or biocides or infectious substances (note the related entry on list A, A3110)U.K.

B3120Wastes consisting of food dyesU.K.

B3130Waste polymer ethers and waste non-hazardous monomer ethers incapable of forming peroxidesU.K.

B3140Waste pneumatic tyres, excluding those destined for Annex IVA operationsU.K.