The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) Regulations 2024

Amendments to Annex 5

6.—(1) Part 1 of Annex 5 is amended as follows.

(2) In the text in section A1 under the heading “METAL AND METAL BEARING WASTES”, for entry A1180 substitute—

“A1181

— Waste electrical and electronic equipment

• containing or contaminated with cadmium, lead, mercury, organohalogen compounds or other Annex I constituents to an extent that the waste exhibits an Annex III characteristic, or

• with a component containing or contaminated with Annex I constituents to an extent that the component exhibits an Annex III characteristic, including but not limited to any of the following components:

  • glass from cathode-ray tubes included on list A

  • a battery included on list A

  • a switch, lamp, fluorescent tube or display device backlight which contains mercury

  • a capacitor containing PCBs

  • a component containing asbestos

  • certain circuit boards

  • certain display devices

  • certain plastic components containing a brominated flame retardant.

• Waste components of electrical and electronic equipment containing or contaminated with Annex I constituents to an extent that the waste components exhibit an Annex III characteristic, unless covered by another entry on list A.

• Wastes arising from the processing of waste electrical and electronic equipment or waste components of electrical and electronic equipment, and containing or contaminated with Annex I constituents to an extent that the waste exhibits an Annex III characteristic (e.g. fractions arising from shredding or dismantling), unless covered by another entry on list A.

(note the related entry Y49 in Annex 4 to this Regulation)”.

(3) In list B, in the text in section B1 under the heading “METAL AND METAL BEARING WASTES”, omit entry B1110.

(4) In list B, in the text in section B4 under the heading “WASTES WHICH MAY CONTAIN EITHER INORGANIC OR ORGANIC CONSTITUENTS”, omit entry B4030.