Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

HAZARDOUS WASTE (REGULATION OF EXPORTS AND IMPORTS) (OECD DECISION) REGULATIONS 1996 - REG 7

  (1)   The following wastes are also subject to the amber control procedure:

  (a)   wastes not listed in Appendix 3 or 4 of the OECD Decision that exhibit a hazardous characteristic listed in Appendix 2 of the OECD Decision;

  (b)   plastic wastes, including mixtures of such wastes, covered by Annex II to the Basel Convention.

  (2)   However, all wastes (including those listed in Appendix 3 that are not otherwise subject to the amber control procedure) that are contaminated by other materials are subject to the amber control procedure if:

  (a)   the risks associated with the wastes are increased sufficiently by the contamination to render them appropriate for submission to the amber control procedure, when taking into account the criteria in Appendix 6 of the OECD Decision; or

  (b)   the contamination prevents recovery of the wastes in an environmentally sound manner.