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Division B3011 F1

United Kingdom

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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:

  • —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—

    1. (a)

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

    2. (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.

Annotations

Textual amendments

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Annex 5 Pt. 1 List B Section B3 entry B3011 substituted for entry B3010 (1.1.2021) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1455), regs. 2, 8(4)

Notes on Part 1

Footnotes

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References in Lists A and B to Annexes I, III and IV refer to Annexes of the Basel Convention.