National Hazardous Waste List (2008)

Article 1 This list is formulated in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Wastes. Article 2 Solid wastes and liquid wastes with one of the following circumstances are included in this list:

(1) those with one or several hazardous characteristics such as corrosiveness, toxicity, flammability, reactivity, or infectivity;

(2) those that are not excluded from having hazardous characteristics, and that may have a detrimental effect on the environment or human health, and that need to be managed in accordance with hazardous wastes. Article 3 Medical waste is hazardous waste. The Classification List of Medical Waste is separately formulated and published in accordance with the Regulations on the Management of Medical Waste. Article 4 Solid wastes and liquid wastes not included in this list and the Classification Catalogue of Medical Wastes shall be added to this list in due course by experts organized by the competent administrative department of the State Council in charge of environmental protection to identify hazardous wastes with dangerous characteristics according to the national hazardous waste identification standards and identification methods. Article 5 The nature of hazardous wastes and non-hazardous waste mixtures shall be determined in accordance with the national hazardous waste identification standards. Article 6 Waste medicines and their packages, waste pesticides and disinfectants and their packages, waste paints and solvents and their packages, waste mineral oils and their packages, waste films and waste image papers, waste fluorescent tubes, waste thermometers, waste sphygmomanometers, waste nickel-cadmium batteries and oxidized mercury batteries, and hazardous wastes of electronic nature generated in daily life of households can be managed without being in accordance with the management of hazardous wastes.

The transportation, storage, utilization or disposal of the wastes listed in the preceding paragraph after they have been classified and collected from domestic garbage shall be managed in accordance with hazardous wastes. Article 7 The administrative department of environmental protection under the State Council will adjust and publish this list in due course according to the needs of environmental management of hazardous wastes. Article 8 The meanings of the relevant terms in this list are as follows:

(1) "Waste category" is categorized in accordance with the categories defined in the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal.

(ii) "Industry source" is the source of generation of a hazardous waste.

(iii) "Waste code" is a unique 8-digit code for hazardous waste. Among them, bits 1-3 is the hazardous waste generation industry code, bits 4-6 is the waste sequence code, bits 7-8 is the waste category code.

(d) "Hazardous characteristics" means corrosivity (Corrosivity, C), toxicity (Toxicity, T), flammability (Ignitability, I), reactivity (Reactivity, R) and infectivity (Infectivity, In). In). Article IX This list shall come into force on August 1, 2008. January 4, 1998, the former State Environmental Protection Administration, the State Economic and Trade Commission, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, the Ministry of Public Security issued the "National List of Hazardous Wastes" (Huanfa 〔1998〕 No. 89) is repealed at the same time.

Annex:

National List of Hazardous Wastes

Waste Category Industry Source Waste Code Hazardous Waste Hazardous Characteristics

HW01

Medical Wastes

Hygiene

851-001-01

Medical Wastes

In

Non-specific Industry

900-001-01

Wastes required to be collected and disposed of for the prevention and control of infectious diseases in animals

In

HW02

Pharmaceutical Wastes

Chemical

Manufacture of APIs

271-001-002

Chemical APIs Distillation and reaction

Residue in the manufacturing process

T

271-002-02

Masterbatch and reaction

base or medium waste in the manufacturing process of chemical drugs

T

271-003-02

The production of chemical drugs

The production of raw materials in the process of Decolorization and filtration

(including carrier) materials

T

271-004- 02

Adsorbents, catalysts and solvents discarded in the production process of chemical APIs

T

271-005-02

Waste from the production process of chemical pharmaceutical raw materials and

271-005- 02

Waste of pharmaceutical products and

271-005-02

Wastes of chemical APIs Drugs and

Obsolete Raw Materials

T

Chemical Drugs

Preparation Manufacturing

272-001-02

Chemical Drugs Preparation Manufacturing Processes