EWC Waste Codes Table

 EWC Code Type of waste Description Standard
02 01 02 Animal tissue waste. QPC SR2008No17
02 01 03 Plant-tissue waste. QPC SR2008No17
02 01 06 Animal faeces, urine and manure (including spoiled straw), effluent, collected separately and treated off-site. QPC SR2008No17
02 01 07 Wastes from forestry. Only if plant material. QPC SR2008No17
02 02 02 Horse manure, farmyard manure and bedding. QPC SR2008No17
02 02 03 Shells from shellfish processing (where all the flesh has been removed). QPC SR2008No17
02 02 09 Horse manure, farmyard manure and bedding. QPC SR2008No17
02 03 01 Sludges from washing, peeling, cleaning, centrifuging and separation. SR2008No17
02 03 04 Biodegradable materials unsuitable for consumption or processing. Other than those containing dangerous substances. QPC SR2008No17
02 03 05 Sludges from onsite effluent treatment. SR2008No17
02 04 01 Soil from cleaning and washing beet. SR2008No17
02 04 03 Sludges from onsite effluent treatment. SR2008No17
02 05 01 Biodegradable materials unsuitable for consumption or processing (other than those containing dangerous substances). QPC SR2008No17
02 05 02 Sludges from onsite effluent treatment. SR2008No17
02 06 01 Biodegradable materials unsuitable for consumption or processing (other than those containing dangerous substances). QPCSR2008No17
02 06 03 Sludges from onsite effluent treatment. SR2008No17
02 07 01 Wastes from washing, cleaning and mechanical reduction of raw materials. QPCSR2008No17
02 07 02 Wastes from spirits distillation. QPCSR2008No17
02 07 04 Materials unsuitable for consumption or processing. QPCSR2008No17
02 07 99 Wastes not otherwise specified. Spent grains and hops. Allowed if biodegradable material only, no chemical agents added, and no toxin residues present. QPC
03 01 01 Waste bark and cork. QPCSR2008No17
03 01 05 Sawdust, shavings, cuttings, wood, particle board and veneer. Other than those mentioned in 03 01 04. QPCSR2008No17
03 03 01 Waste bark and wood. QPCSR2008No17
03 03 10 Fibre rejects. QPCSR2008No17
04 01 01 Fleshings and lime split wastes. Fleshings may also be described as leather shavings. Allowed only if hides and skins, or parts of them, originating from animals that did not show clinical signs of any disease communicable through that product to humans or animals. QPC
04 02 10 Organic matter from natural products (for example grease, wax). QPCSR2008No17
08 03 08 Aqueous liquid waste containing ink
15 01 01 Paper and cardboard packaging. QPCSR2008No17
15 01 03 Wooden packaging. Untreated. QPCSR2008No17
15 01 05 Composite packaging. Only biodegradable organic packaging. QPCSR2008No17
15 01 09 Textile packaging. Allowed only if entirely natural fibres. QPCSR2008No17
17 02 01 Wood. Untreated QPCSR2008No17
17 05 06 Dewatered dredging spoil and plant tissue waste from inland waters. Not containing Japanese Knotweed and not containing dangerous substances. QPCSR2008No17
19 05 03 Off-specification compost. Only if derived from input types allowed within the QP. QPCSR2008No17
19 05 99 Wastes not otherwise specified. Liquor/leachate from composting process only if derived from input types allowed within the QPC. QPC
19 06 03 Liquor from anaerobic treatment of municipal waste. Only if derived from input types allowed within the QPC. QPCSR2008No17
19 06 04 Digestate from anaerobic treatment of municipal waste. Only if derived from input types allowed within the QPC. QPCSR2008No17
19 06 05 Liquor from anaerobic treatment of animal and vegetable waste. Only if derived from input types allowed within the QPC. QPCSR2008No17
19 06 06 Digestate from anaerobic treatment of animal and vegetable waste. Only if derived from input types allowed within the QPC. QPCSR2008No17
19 08 05 Sludges from treatment of urban waste water. QPCSR2008No17
19 12 01 Paper and cardboard. QPCSR2008No17
19 12 07 Wood. Not containing dangerous substances. QPCSR2008No17
20 01 01 Paper and cardboard. No preservatives. QPCSR2008No17
20 01 08 Biodegradable kitchen and canteen waste. QPCSR2008No17
20 01 25 Edible oil and fat. QPCSR2008No17
20 01 38 Wood. Not containing dangerous substances. QPCSR2008No17
20 01 39 Plastics. Allowed only if independently certified to European standard EN14995. QPC
20 02 01 Biodegradable waste. QPCSR2008No17
20 03 02 Waste from markets. QPCSR2008No17

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