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HAZARDOUS WASTE (REGULATION OF EXPORTS AND IMPORTS) ACT 1989 No. 6 of 1990 - SCHEDULE

                            SCHEDULE                      Section 4

ANNEXES I TO IV TO THE BASEL CONVENTION
Annex I
CATEGORIES OF WASTES TO BE CONTROLLED Waste Streams Y1 Clinical wastes from
medical care in hospitals, medical centers
and clinics Y2 Wastes from the production and preparation of pharmaceutical
products Y3 Waste pharmaceuticals, drugs and medicines Y4 Wastes from the
production, formulation and use of biocides and
phytopharmaceuticals Y5 Wastes from the manufacture, formulation and use of
wood
preserving chemicals Y6 Wastes from the production, formulation and use of
organic
solvents Y7 Wastes from heat treatment and tempering operations containing
cyanides Y8 Waste mineral oils unfit for their originally intended use Y9
Waste oils/water, hydrocarbons/water mixtures, emulsions Y10 Waste substances
and articles containing or contaminated with
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and/or polychlorinated terphenyls (PCTs)
and/or polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs) Y11 Waste tarry residues arising from
refining, distillation and any
pyrolytic treatment Y12 Wastes from production, formulation and use of inks,
dyes,
pigments, paints, lacquers, varnish Y13 Wastes from production, formulation
and use of resins, latex,
plasticizers, glues/adhesives Y14 Waste chemical substances arising from
research and development
or teaching activities which are not identified and/or are new and
whose effects on man and/or the environment are not known Y15 Wastes of an
explosive nature not subject to other legislation Y16 Wastes from production,
formulation and use of photographic
chemicals and processing materials Y17 Wastes resulting from surface treatment
of metals and plastics Y18 Residues arising from industrial waste disposal
operations Wastes having as constituents: Y19 Metal carbonyls Y20 Beryllium;
beryllium compounds Y21 Hexavalent chromium compounds Y22 Copper compounds Y23
Zinc compounds Y24 Arsenic; arsenic compounds Y25 Selenium; selenium compounds
Y26 Cadmium; cadmium compounds Y27 Antimony; antimony compounds Y28 Tellurium;
tellurium compounds Y29 Mercury; mercury compounds Y30 Thallium; thallium
compounds Y31 Lead; lead compounds Y32 Inorganic fluorine compounds excluding
calcium fluoride Y33 Inorganic cyanides Y34 Acidic solutions or acids in solid
form Y35 Basic solutions or bases in solid form Y36 Asbestos (dust and fibres)
Y37 Organic phosphorus compounds Y38 Organic cyanides Y39 Phenols; phenol
compounds including chlorophenols Y40 Ethers Y41 Halogenated organic solvents
Y42 Organic solvents excluding halogenated solvents Y43 Any congenor of
polychlorinated dibenzo-furan Y44 Any congenor of polychlorinated
dibenzo-p-dioxin Y45 Organohalogen compounds other than substances referred to
in this Annex (eg. Y39, Y41, Y42, Y43, Y44).
Annex II
CATEGORIES OF WASTES REQUIRING SPECIAL CONSIDERATION Y46 Wastes collected from
households Y47 Residues arising from the incineration of household wastes
Annex III
LIST OF HAZARDOUS CHARACTERISTICS
UN Class* Code    Characteristics

1         H1      Explosive
An explosive substance or waste is a solid or liquid substance or waste (or
mixture of substances or wastes) which is in itself capable by chemical
reaction of producing gas at such a temperature and pressure and at such a
speed as to cause damage to the surroundings.
3         H3      Flammable liquids
The word "flammable" has the same meaning as "inflammable". Flammable liquids
are liquids, or mixtures of liquids, or liquids containing solids in solution
or suspension (for example, paints, varnishes, lacquers, etc., but not
including substances or wastes otherwise classified on account of their
dangerous characteristics) which give off a flammable vapour at temperatures
of not more than 60.5 C, closed-cup test, or not more than 65.6 C, open-cup
test. (Since the results of open-cup tests and of 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 definition.)
4.1       H4.1    Flammable solids
Solids, or waste solids, other than those classed as explosives, which under
conditions encountered in transport are readily combustible, or may cause or
contribute to fire through friction.
4.2       H4.2    Substances or wastes liable to spontaneous combustion
Substances or wastes which are liable to spontaneous heating under normal
conditions encountered in transport, or to heating up on contact with air, and
being then liable to catch fire.
4.3       H4.3   Substances or wastes which, in contact with water emit
flammable gases Substances or wastes which, by interaction with water, are
liable to become spontaneously flammable or to give off flammable gases in
dangerous quantities.
5.1       H5.1    Oxidizing
Substances or wastes which, while in themselves not necessarily combustible,
may, generally by yielding oxygen cause, or contribute to, the combustion of
other materials.
5.2       H5.2    Organic Peroxides
Organic substances or wastes which contain the bivalent-O-O-structure are
thermally unstable substances which may undergo exothermic self-accelerating
decomposition.
6.1       H6.1    Poisonous (Acute)
Substances or wastes liable either to cause death or serious injury or to harm
human health if swallowed or inhaled or by skin contact.
6.2       H6.2    Infectious substances
Substances or wastes containing viable micro organisms or their toxins which
are known or suspected to cause disease in animals or humans.
8         H8      Corrosives
Substances or wastes which, by chemical action, will cause severe damage when
in contact with living tissue, or, in the case of leakage, will materially
damage, or even destroy, other goods or the means of transport; they may also
cause other hazards.
9         H10    Liberation of toxic gases in contact with air or water
Substances or wastes which, by interaction with air or water, are liable to
give off toxic gases in dangerous quantities.
9         H11    Toxic (Delayed or chronic)
Substances or wastes which, if they are inhaled or ingested or if they
penetrate the skin, may involve delayed or chronic effects, including
carcinogenicity.
9         H12    Ecotoxic
Substances or wastes which if released present or may present immediate or
delayed adverse impacts to the environment by means of bioaccumulation and/or
toxic effects upon biotic systems.
9        H13 Capable, by any means, after disposal, of yielding another
material, e.g., leachate, which possesses any of the characteristics listed
above.
Tests
The potential hazards posed by certain types of wastes are not yet fully
documented; tests to define quantitatively these hazards do not exist. Further
research is necessary in order to develop means to characterise potential
hazards posed to man and/or the environment by these wastes. Standardized
tests have been derived with respect to pure substances and materials. Many
countries have developed national tests which can be applied to materials
listed in Annex I, in order to decide if these materials exhibit any of the
characteristics listed in this Annex.
Annex IV
DISPOSAL OPERATIONS A. OPERATIONS WHICH DO NOT LEAD TO THE POSSIBILITY OF
RESOURCE RECOVERY,
RECYCLING, RECLAMATION, DIRECT RE-USE OR ALTERNATIVE USES
Section A encompasses all such disposal operations which occur in practice. D1
Deposit into or onto land, (e.g., landfill, etc.) D2 Land treatment, (e.g.,
biodegradation of liquid or sludgy discards
in soils, etc.) D3 Deep injection, (e.g., injection of pumpable discards into
wells,
salt domes or naturally occurring repositories, etc.) D4 Surface impoundment,
(e.g., placement of liquid or sludge discards into
pits, ponds or lagoons, etc.) D5 Specially engineered landfill, (e.g.,
placement into lined discrete
cells which are capped and isolated from one another and the environment,
etc.) D6 Release into a water body except seas/oceans D7 Release into
seas/oceans including sea-bed insertion D8 Biological treatment not specified
elsewhere in this Annex which
results in final compounds or mixtures which are discarded by means of any
of the operations in Section A D9 Physico chemical treatment not specified
elsewhere in this Annex which
results in final compounds or mixtures which are discarded by means of any
of the operations in Section A, (e.g., evaporation, drying, calcination,
neutralisation, precipitation, etc.) D10 Incineration on land D11 Incineration
at sea D12 Permanent storage (e.g., emplacement of containers in a mine, etc.)
D13 Blending or mixing prior to submission to any of the operations in
Section A D14 Repackaging prior to submission to any of the operations in
Section A D15 Storage pending any of the operations in Section A
B. OPERATIONS WHICH MAY LEAD TO RESOURCE RECOVERY, RECYCLING,
RECLAMATION, DIRECT RE-USE OR ALTERNATIVE USES
Section B encompasses all such operations with respect to materials legally
defined as or considered to be hazardous wastes and which otherwise would have
been destined for operations included in Section A R1 Use as a fuel (other
than in direct incineration) or other means to generate energy
R2   Solvent reclamation/regeneration

R3   Recycling/reclamation of organic substances which are not used as

solvents
R4   Recycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds

R5   Recycling/reclamation of other inorganic materials

R6   Regeneration of acids or bases

R7   Recovery of components used for pollution abatement

R8   Recovery of components from catalysts

R9   Used oil re-refining or other reuses of previously used oil
R10 Land treatment resulting in benefit to agriculture or ecological
improvement R11 Uses of residual materials obtained from any of the operations
numbered R1-R10 R12 Exchange of wastes for submission to any of the operations
numbered R1-R11 R13 Accumulation of material intended for any operation in
Section B.