This group includes: F100 Waste from the production and use of inks, dyes, pigments, paints, lacquers & varnish F110 Waste from the production & use of resins, latex, plasticisers, glues and adhesives. The former includes polymeric material such as polyacrylates and methacrylates, together with pigments and small quantities of substances like plasticizers and anti-oxidants. The latter includes monomers used in production of polymers, waste products from the production site, or waste generated in or after use of the products. Sources Summary source analysis Vic SA Qld and NSW National summary Motor vehicle manufacturing Chemical and chemical product manufacturing Printing Machinery and equipment manufacturing Furniture manufacturing Motor vehicle manufacturing Paint, ink and resin manufacturing Chemical and chemical product manufacturing Printing Metal product manufacturing Pulp and paper manufacturing Aircraft manufacturing Motor vehicle manufacturing Paint ink and resin manufacturing Chemical and chemical product manufacturing Printing Machinery and equipment manufacturing Metal product manufacturing Pulp and paper manufacturing Aircraft manufacturing Furniture manufacturing Nationally in 2012-13, wastes from F100 outweigh those from F110 about 5:1. In Victoria and South Australia motor vehicle manufacturing overspray wastes (usage) predominate, while in NSW and Queensland wastes from the manufacturing of these materials are the primary source, as well as small contributors (as material users) in printing, surface coating and manufacturing of aircraft, aircraft components and furniture. Analysis These wastes are almost exclusively generated in Victoria (35%), NSW (33%) and Queensland (23%). This waste group is significant enough in volumetric terms, making up just over 1% of Australia’s hazardous wastes. Historical trends in arisings for this waste group, for those states that record tracking data, are shown in the Figure overleaf. Anecdotally, this waste should be declining due to decreasing material hazard from the advent of paints and coatings and vegetable oils replacing petroleum products in most printing inks. Decade long datasets in Victoria and Queensland indicate growth from around the mid-2000s onwards, but the last three years of data indicate a steady decline, perhaps due to stagnancy in some industries that use these materials (e.g. car manufacturing) as well as lower hazard surface coating materials finding broader application.
National hazardous waste data 2012-13 and 2013 – by NEPM code National Environment Protection (Movement of Controlled Waste between States and Territories) Measure Tonnes generated "15" code NEPM 15 waste description "75" code Waste description (NEPM Schedule A, List 1) Jul-Dec 2012 Jan-Jun 2013 Jul-Dec 2013 2012/13 2013 A Plating and heat treatment A100 Waste resulting from surface treatment of metals and plastics 2,871 2,672 2,408 5,543 5,080 A110 Waste from heat treatment and tempering operations containing cyanides 0 7 7 7 13 A130 Cyanides (inorganic) 336 67 40 403 108 B Acids B100 Acidic solutions or acids in solid form 22,348 18,460 22,004 40,808 40,464 C Alkalis C100 Basic solutions or bases in solid form 166,769 172,608 178,403 339,377 351,011 D Inorganic chemicals D100 Metal carbonyls 109 190 183 299 373 D110 Inorganic fluorine compounds excluding calcium fluoride 729 4,396 8,771 5,125 13,167 D120 Mercury; mercury compounds 385 320 1,871 705 2,191 D130 Arsenic; arsenic compounds 508 104 95 612 200 D140 Chromium compounds (hexavalent and trivalent) 963 645 985 1,608 1,630 D150 Cadmium; cadmium compounds 31 10 21 41 31 D160 Beryllium; beryllium compounds 8 5 1 13 5 D170 Antimony; antimony compounds 27 1 3 28 4 D180 Thallium; thallium compounds 6 0 0 6 0 D190 Copper compounds 745 439 350 1,184 789 D200 Cobalt compounds 34 2 3 36 5 D210 Nickel compounds 254 540 575 794 1,115 D220 Lead; lead compounds 14,472 64,509 68,665 78,981 133,174 D230 Zinc compounds 80,116 108,065 103,390 188,181 211,455 D240 Selenium; selenium compounds 0 4 36 4 40 D250 Tellurium; tellurium compounds 0 0 0 0 0
fired power stations N160 Encapsulated, chemically-fixed, solidified or polymerised wastes referred to in this list 39,553 35,542 27,360 75,094 62,901 N190 Filter cake contaminated with residues of substances referred to in this list 7,258 8,598 9,437 15,857 18,036 N205 Residues from industrial waste treatment/disposal operations 834,790 876,958 885,336 1,711,748 1,762,294 N220 Asbestos 246,048 394,565 396,127 640,613 790,692 N230 Ceramic-based fibres with physico-chemical characteristics similar to those of asbestos 44 191 224 235 414 R Clinical and pharmaceutical R100 Clinical and related wastes 27,742 36,214 36,000 63,957 72,214 R120 Waste pharmaceuticals, drugs and medicines 6,920 2,908 2,518 9,828 5,426 R140 Waste from the production and preparation of pharmaceutical products 886 628 535 1,514 1,163 T Miscellaneous T100 Waste chemical substances arising from research and development or teaching activities, including those which are not identified and/or are new and whose effects on human health and/or the environment are not known 2,809 2,936 2,971 5,746 5,907 T120 Waste from the production, formulation and use of photographic chemicals and processing materials 699 453 373 1,151 826 T140 Tyres 221,537 203,014 232,219 424,551 435,233 T200 Waste of an explosive nature not subject to other legislation 909 1,148 1,151 2,057 2,299 TOTAL 3,271,361 3,554,078 3,637,233 6,825,439 7,191,312
Wastes having as constituents … Y19 Metal carbonyls 190 183 373 Y20 Beryllium; beryllium compounds 5 1 5 Y21 Hexavalent chromium compounds 645 985 1,630 Y22 Copper compounds 439 350 789 Y23 Zinc compounds 108,065 103,390 211,455 Y24 Arsenic; arsenic compounds 104 95 200 Y25 Selenium; selenium compounds 4 36 40 Y26 Cadmium; cadmium compounds 10 21 31 Y27 Antimony; antimony compounds 1 3 4 Y28 Tellurium; tellurium compounds 0 0 0 Y29 Mercury; mercury compounds 320 1,871 2,191 Y30 Thallium; thallium compounds 0 0 0 Y31 Lead; lead compounds 64,509 68,665 133,174 Y32 Inorganic fluorine compounds excluding calcium fluoride 4,396 8,771 13,167 Y33 Inorganic cyanides 67 40 108 Y34 Acidic solutions or acids in solid form 18,460 22,004 40,464 Y35 Basic solutions or bases in solid form 172,608 178,403 351,011 Y36 Asbestos (dust and fibres) 394,565 396,127 790,692 Y37 Organic phosphorus compounds 297 379 676 Y38 Organic cyanides 7 5 11 Y39 Phenols; phenol compounds including chlorophenols 582 528 1,110 Y40 Ethers 872 591 1,463 Y41 Halogenated organic solvents 661 602 1,263 Y42 Organic solvents excluding halogenated solvents 6,752 8,090 14,842 Y43 Any congenor of polychlorinated dibenzo-furan 0 0 0 Y44 Any congenor of polychlorinated 0 0 0 Y45 Organohalogen compounds other than …(e.g. Y39, Y41, Y42, Y43, Y44) 10 10 20 Categories of wastes requiring special consideration (Annex II) Y46 Wastes collected from households 6,672,104 6,728,956 13,401,060 Y47 Residues arising from the incineration of household wastes 0 0 0 Additional waste categories not included in Y-Codes Y+1 Other metal compounds 570 605 1,176