Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations[r. 2]
Controlled waste
Acidic solutions or acids in solid form
Animal effluent or residues (including abattoir effluent, poultry, and fish
processing waste)
Antimony; antimony compounds
Arsenic; arsenic compounds
Asbestos
Barium compounds other than barium sulphate
Basic solutions or bases in solid form
Beryllium; beryllium compounds
Boron compounds
Cadmium; cadmium compounds
Ceramic based fibres with physio‑chemical characteristics similar to
those of asbestos
Chlorates
Clinical waste
Cobalt or cobalt compounds
Containers or drums that are contaminated with residues of a controlled waste
Copper compounds
Chromium compounds (hexavalent or trivalent)
Cyanides (inorganic)
Cyanides (organic) and nitriles
Encapsulated, chemically‑fixed, solidified, or polymerised controlled
wastes
Ethers
Filter cake containing controlled wastes
Fire debris or fire washwaters
Fly ash other than fly ash generated from Australian coal fired power stations
Halogenated organic solvents
Highly odorous organic chemicals (including mercaptans and acrylates)
Inorganic fluorine compounds excluding calcium fluoride
Inorganic sulphides
Isocyanate compounds
Lead; lead compounds
Mercury; mercury compounds
Metal carbonyls
Nickel compounds
Non toxic salts
Organic phosphorus compounds
Organic solvents excluding halogenated solvents
Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs)
Organohalogen compounds other than substances referred to elsewhere in this
Schedule
Oxidising agents
Perchlorates
Phenols; phenol compounds including chlorophenols
Phosphorus compounds other than mineral phosphates
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
Polychlorinated dibenzo‑furan (any congener)
Polychlorinated dibenzo‑p‑dioxin (any congener)
Reactive chemicals
Reducing agents
Residues from industrial waste treatment or disposal operations
Selenium; selenium compounds
Sewage
Soils contaminated with a controlled waste
Surface active agents (surfactants), containing mainly organic constituents
and which may contain metals and inorganic materials
Tannery wastes (including leather dust, ash, sludge, or flours)
Tellurium; tellurium compounds
Thallium; thallium compounds
Triethylamine catalysts for setting foundry sands
Tyres
Vanadium compounds
Vegetable and food processing waste
Waste chemical substances arising from research and development or teaching
activities which substances are not identified or are new or the effects of
which on human health or the environment are not known
Waste containing peroxides other than hydrogen peroxide
Waste from grease traps
Waste from heat treatment or tempering operations containing cyanides
Waste from the manufacture, formulation, or use of wood‑preserving
chemicals
Waste from the production, formulation, or use of biocides and
phytopharmaceuticals
Waste from the production, formulation, or use of inks, dyes, pigments,
paints, lacquers, or varnish
Waste from the production, formulation, or use of organic solvents
Waste from the production, formulation, or use of photographic chemicals or
processing material
Waste from the production, formulation, or use of resins, latex, plasticisers,
glues, or adhesives
Waste from the production or preparation of pharmaceutical products
Waste mineral oils unfit for their intended use
Waste oil and water, or hydrocarbons and water, mixtures or emulsions
Waste pharmaceuticals drugs or medicines
Waste resulting from surface treatments of metals or plastics
Waste tarry residues arising from refining, distillation, or pyrolytic
treatment
Waste, substances, or articles containing or contaminated by polychlorinated
biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated napthalenes (PCNs), polychlorinated
terphenyls (PCTs), or polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs)
Wastes of an explosive nature not subject to any other written law
Wool scouring wastes
Zinc compounds
[Schedule 1 amended: Gazette 1 Aug 2014
p. 2817-18.]