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09 01 01* Water-based developer and activator solutions
Hazardous Absolute hazardous entry
Official description: “water-based developer and activator solutions”
Where it sits: chapter 09 (wastes from the photographic industry), section 09 01 (wastes from the photographic industry).
What the hazard status means
Waste that matches this description is always hazardous waste, whatever the amount of hazardous substances in it. You do not need to test it to decide whether it is hazardous, but you still need to know its hazardous properties to fill in the paperwork.
Using this code
- Write the code on the paperwork when waste is passed on: a waste transfer note for non-hazardous waste, or a consignment note for hazardous waste (called special waste in Scotland).
- Choose the code from where the waste came from first (the chapter), then what it is. If a load is mixed, you may need more than one code.
- The waste must go to a site whose permit allows that code. A registered carrier can tell you which codes they accept: check a waste carrier.
- Businesses have a duty of care to describe their waste correctly.
Other codes in section 09 01
- 09 01 02* Water-based offset plate developer solutions Hazardous
- 09 01 03* Solvent-based developer solutions Hazardous
- 09 01 04* Fixer solutions Hazardous
- 09 01 05* Bleach solutions and bleach fixer solutions Hazardous
- 09 01 06* Wastes containing silver from on-site treatment of photographic wastes Hazardous
- 09 01 07 Photographic film and paper containing silver or silver compounds Not hazardous
- 09 01 08 Photographic film and paper free of silver or silver compounds Not hazardous
- 09 01 10 Single-use cameras without batteries Not hazardous
- 09 01 11* Single-use cameras containing batteries included in 16 06 01, 16 06 02 or 16 06 03 Hazardous
- 09 01 12 Single-use cameras containing batteries other than those mentioned in 09 01 11 Not hazardous
- 09 01 13* Aqueous liquid waste from on-site reclamation of silver other than those mentioned in 09 01 06 Hazardous
- 09 01 99 Wastes not otherwise specified Not hazardous
This page explains the code in plain English. It is not a classification of your waste. The official List of Waste and the classification guidance decide which code applies, and you are responsible for the code you use.
Official sources
- The List of Waste (Commission Decision 2000/532/EC, as it applies in the UK), legislation.gov.uk ↗
- GOV.UK: Classify different types of waste, your legal responsibilities ↗
- GOV.UK: Waste classification technical guidance (WM3) ↗
- Natural Resources Wales: How to classify and assess waste ↗
- SEPA: Waste classification technical guidance (PDF) ↗
- DAERA: Waste classification technical guidance ↗