• Antimony

• Arsenic

• Beryllium

• Cadmium

• Lead

• Mercury

• Selenium

• Tellurium

• Thallium

but excluding such wastes specifically listed on list B.

• Antimony; antimony compounds

• Beryllium; beryllium compounds

• Cadmium; cadmium compounds

• Lead; lead compounds

• Selenium; selenium compounds

• Tellurium; tellurium compounds

• Arsenic; arsenic compounds

• Mercury; mercury compounds

• Thallium; thallium compounds

• Metal carbonyls

• Hexavalent chromium compounds

Galvanic sludges

Waste liquors from the pickling of metals

Leaching residues from zinc processing, dust and sludges such as jarosite, hematite, etc.

Waste zinc residues not included on list B, containing lead and cadmium in concentrations sufficient to exhibit Annex III characteristics

Ashes from the incineration of insulated copper wire

Dusts and residues from gas cleaning systems of copper smelters

Spent electrolytic solutions from copper electrorefining and electrowinning operations

Waste sludges, excluding anode slimes, from electrolyte purification systems in copper electrorefining and electrowinning operations

Spent etching solutions containing dissolved copper

Waste cupric chloride and copper cyanide catalysts

Precious metal ash from incineration of printed circuit boards not included on list B53

Waste lead-acid batteries, whole or crushed

Unsorted waste batteries excluding mixtures of only list B batteries. Waste batteries not specified on list B containing Annex I constituents to an extent to render them hazardous

Waste electrical and electronic assemblies or scrap54 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 contaminated with Annex I constituents (e.g. cadmium, mercury, lead, polychlorinated biphenyl) to an extent that they possess any of the characteristics contained in Annex III (note the related entry on list B, B1110)55

Waste metal cables coated or insulated with plastics containing or contaminated with coal tar, PCB56, lead, cadmium, other organohalogen compounds or other Annex I constituents, to the extent that they exhibit Annex III characteristics

Glass waste from cathode-ray tubes and other activated glasses

Waste inorganic fluorine compounds in the form of liquids or sludges but excluding such wastes specified on list B

Waste catalysts but excluding such wastes specified on list B

Waste gypsum arising from chemical industry processes, when containing Annex I constituents to the extent that it exhibits an Annex III hazardous characteristic (note the related entry on list B, B2080)

Waste asbestos (dusts and fibres)

Coal-fired power plant fly-ash containing Annex I substances in concentrations sufficient to exhibit Annex III characteristics (note the related entry on list B, B2050)

Waste from the production or processing of petroleum coke and bitumen

Waste mineral oils unfit for their originally intended use

Wastes that contain, consist of or are contaminated with leaded anti-knock compound sludges

Waste thermal (heat transfer) fluids

Wastes 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)

Waste nitrocellulose

Waste phenols, phenol compounds including chlorophenol in the form of liquids or sludges

Waste ethers not including those specified on list B

Waste leather dust, ash, sludges and flours when containing hexavalent chromium compounds or biocides (note the related entry on list B, B3100)

Waste 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)

Fellmongery wastes containing hexavalent chromium compounds or biocides or infectious substances (note the related entry on list B, B3110)

Fluff — light fraction from shredding

Waste organic phosphorous compounds

Waste non-halogenated organic solvents but excluding such wastes specified on list B

Waste halogenated organic solvents

Waste halogenated or unhalogenated non-aqueous distillation residues arising from organic solvent recovery operations

Wastes arising from the production of aliphatic halogenated hydrocarbons (such as chloromethane, dichloro-ethane, vinyl chloride, vinylidene chloride, allyl chloride and epichlorhydrin)

Wastes, 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 more57

Waste tarry residues (excluding asphalt cements) arising from refining, distillation and any pyrolitic treatment of organic materials

Bituminous material (asphalt waste) from road construction and maintenance, containing tar (note the related entry on list B B2130)

Wastes from the production, preparation and use of pharmaceutical products but excluding such wastes specified on list B

Clinical and related wastes; that is wastes arising from medical, nursing, dental, veterinary, or similar practices, and wastes generated in hospitals or other facilities during the investigation or treatment of patients, or research projects

Wastes from the production, formulation and use of biocides and phytopharmaceuticals, including waste pesticides and herbicides which are off-specification, out-dated58, or unfit for their originally intended use

Wastes from the manufacture, formulation and use of wood-preserving chemicals59

• Inorganic cyanides, excepting precious-metal-bearing residues in solid form containing traces of inorganic cyanides

• Organic cyanides

Waste oils/water, hydrocarbons/water mixtures, emulsions

Wastes from the production, formulation and use of inks, dyes, pigments, paints, lacquers, varnish excluding any such waste specified on list B (note the related entry on list B, B4010)

Wastes of an explosive nature (but excluding such wastes specified on list B)

Waste acidic or basic solutions, other than those specified in the corresponding entry on list B (note the related entry on list B, B2120)

Wastes from industrial pollution control devices for cleaning of industrial off-gases but excluding such wastes specified on list B

• any congenor of polychlorinated dibenzo-furan

• X2any congenor of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin

Wastes that contain, consist of or are contaminated with peroxides

Waste packages and containers containing Annex I substances in concentrations sufficient to exhibit Annex III hazard characteristics

Waste consisting of or containing off-specification or out-dated58 chemicals corresponding to Annex I categories and exhibiting Annex III hazard characteristics

Waste chemical substances arising from research and development or teaching activities which are not identified and/or are new and whose effects on human health and/or the environment are not known

Spent activated carbon not included on list B (note the related entry on list B, B2060)

• 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

Refractory metals containing residues

Molybdenum, tungsten, titanium, tantalum, niobium and rhenium metal and metal alloy wastes in metallic dispersible form (metal powder), excluding such wastes as specified in list A under entry A1050, Galvanic sludges.

Scrap assemblies from electrical power generation not contaminated with lubricating oil, PCB or PCT to an extent to render them hazardous

Mixed non-ferrous metal, heavy fraction scrap, not containing Annex I materials in concentrations sufficient to exhibit Annex III characteristics60

Waste Selenium and Tellurium in metallic elemental form including powder

Waste of copper and copper alloys in dispersible form, unless they contain Annex I constituents to an extent that they exhibit Annex III characteristics

Zinc ash and residues including zinc alloys residues in dispersible form unless containing Annex I constituents in concentration such as to exhibit Annex III characteristics61

Waste batteries conforming to a specification, excluding those made with lead, cadmium or mercury

• 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 scrap62(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-use63 and not for recycling or final disposal64

Waste metal cables coated or insulated with plastics, not included in list A1190, excluding those destined for Annex IVA operations or any other disposal operations involving, at any stage, uncontrolled thermal processes, such as open-burning

Cleaned spent precious-metal-bearing catalysts

Precious-metal-bearing residues in solid form which contain traces of inorganic cyanides

Precious metals and alloy wastes (gold, silver, the platinum group, but not mercury) in a dispersible, non-liquid form with appropriate packaging and labelling

Precious-metal ash from the incineration of printed circuit boards (note the related entry on list A, A1150)

Precious-metal ash from the incineration of photographic film

Waste photographic film containing silver halides and metallic silver

Waste photographic paper containing silver halides and metallic silver

Granulated slag arising from the manufacture of iron and steel

Slag arising from the manufacture of iron and steel including slags as a source of TiO₂ and Vanadium

Slag from zinc production, chemically stabilised, having a high iron content (above 20 %) and processed according to industrial specifications (e.g. DIN 4301) mainly for construction

Mill scaling arising from the manufacture of iron and steel

Copper oxide mill-scale

Waste end-of-life motor vehicles, containing neither liquids nor other hazardous components

• 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

Coal-fired power plant fly-ash, not included on list A (note the related entry on list A, A2060)

Spent activated carbon X2not containing any Annex I constituents to the extent that they exhibit Annex III characteristics, for example, carbon resulting from the treatment of potable water and processes of the food industry and vitamin production (note the related entry on list A A4160)

Calcium fluoride sludge

Waste gypsum arising from chemical industry processes not included on list A (note the related entry on list A, A2040)

Waste anode butts from steel or aluminium production made of petroleum coke or bitumen and cleaned to normal industry specifications (excluding anode butts from chlor alkali electrolyses and from metallurgical industry)

Waste hydrates of aluminium and waste alumina and residues from alumina production excluding such materials used for gas cleaning, flocculation or filtration processes

Bauxite residue (red mud) (pH moderated to less than 11,5)

Waste acidic or basic solutions with a pH greater than 2 and less than 11,5, which are not corrosive or otherwise hazardous (note the related entry on list A, A4090)

Bituminous material (asphalt waste) from road construction and maintenance, not containing tar65(note the related entry on list A A3200)

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 following66:

  • 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

• X1The following fluorinated polymer wastes67:

  • perfluoroethylene/propylene (FEP)

  • perfluoro alkoxyl alkane

    • tetrafluoroethylene/per fluoro vinyl ether (PFA)

    • tetrafluoroethylene/per fluoro methylvinyl ether (MFA)

  • polyvinylfluoride (PVF)

  • polyvinylidenefluoride (PVDF)

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. 1.

     laminated paperboard;

  2. 2.

     unsorted scrap

• Non-separable plastic fraction

• Non-separable plastic-aluminium fraction

Self-adhesive label laminate waste containing raw materials used in label material production

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

Waste textile floor coverings, carpets

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

• X2Degras; 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 edible fats and oils of animal or vegetable origin (e.g. frying oils), provided they do not exhibit an Annex III characteristic

• Waste of human hair

• Waste straw

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

Waste parings and scrap of rubber

Paring 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)

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

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

Wastes consisting of food dyes

Waste polymer ethers and waste non-hazardous monomer ethers incapable of forming peroxides

Waste pneumatic tyres, excluding those destined for Annex IVA operations

Wastes consisting mainly of water-based/latex paints, inks and hardened varnishes not containing organic solvents, heavy metals or biocides to an extent to render them hazardous (note the related entry on list A, A4070)

Wastes from production, formulation and use of resins, latex, plasticisers, glues/adhesives, not listed on list A, free of solvents and other contaminants to an extent that they do not exhibit Annex III characteristics, X2e.g. water-based, or glues based on casein, starch, dextrin, cellulose ethers, polyvinyl alcohols (note the related entry on list A, A3050)

Used single use cameras, with batteries not included on list A