Basel Convention waste code
ID basel_waste_code
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Code of a waste category or waste entry in the annexes of the Basel Convention on the control of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes, used in notification and movement documents and in export and import statistics. Y1 to Y45 (Annex I) are waste streams and hazardous constituents; Y46 to Y49 (Annex II) are household waste, residues of its incineration, plastic waste (since 2021) and electrical and electronic waste (since 2025). A-codes (Annex VIII, wastes presumed hazardous) and B-codes (Annex IX, presumed not hazardous) are a letter and four digits, the first digit being the section (1 metal wastes, 2 mainly inorganic, 3 mainly organic, 4 either). OECD control codes are not covered.
- Categories
- Environment (protected areas, biodiversity, water, weather, emissions, waste), Chemistry
- Countries
- Global (not tied to a country)
- Languages
- Common to most languages
- Quality
- 80/100 · missing: mapping (Wikidata, Schema.org, ...), detector coverage
- Metacrafter rules
- no detection rule yet
- Supported by tools
- no tool record lists this type yet
Regular expression
^(?:Y(?:[1-9]|[1-4]\d)|[AB][1-4]\d{3})$Python re syntax.
Examples
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| Y46 | Wastes collected from households; Annex II of the Basel Convention |
| Y48 | Plastic waste; Annex II, added by the plastic waste amendments in force since 1 January 2021 |
| A4160 | Spent activated carbon not included on list B; Annex VIII |
| B1010 | Metal and metal-alloy wastes in metallic, non-dispersible form; Annex IX |
| A5010 invalid | Annex VIII has only the sections A1 to A4 |
Translations
| Language | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Russian | Код отходов Базельской конвенции | Код категории или позиции отходов из приложений Базельской конвенции о трансграничной перевозке опасных отходов — Y1–Y49 (приложения I и II), A-коды (приложение VIII) и B-коды (приложение IX). |
Sources
- doc: https://www.basel.int/TheConvention/Overview/TextoftheConvention/tabid/1275/Default.aspx
- doc: https://www.basel.int/Implementation/Plasticwaste/PlasticWasteAmendments/Overview/tabid/8426/Default.aspx
- doc: https://www.basel.int/Implementation/Ewaste/EwasteAmendments/Overview/tabid/9266/Default.aspx
Use this record
- Page URL:
https://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/basel_waste_code - JSON: API v1 · legacy shape (used by metacrafter) · Markdown (for LLMs)
- Improve it: edit
data/datatypes/any/environment/basel_waste_code.yamlon GitHub