Look up European Waste Catalogue codes by material name. The correct code depends on where the waste arises — each lookup below shows the most common assignment plus the alternatives that apply in other source contexts.
Absorbents & Rags
15 02 02*· 2 contexts
Adhesives & Sealants
08 04 09*· 2 contexts
Aerosol Cans
16 05 04*· 2 contexts
Aluminium
17 04 02· 3 contexts
Animal By-Products
02 01 02· 3 contexts
Antifreeze
16 01 14*· 2 contexts
Asbestos
17 06 05*· 3 contexts
Asphalt
17 03 02· 2 contexts
Bark & Cork
03 01 01· 2 contexts
Batteries
20 01 33*· 4 contexts
Blasting Grit
12 01 16*· 2 contexts
Bottom Ash
10 01 01· 3 contexts
Brake Fluid
16 01 13*· 1 context
Bricks
17 01 02· 3 contexts
Bulky Waste
20 03 07· 2 contexts
Cables
17 04 11· 2 contexts
Cardboard
15 01 01· 3 contexts
Carpet
20 03 07· 3 contexts
Clinical Waste
18 01 03*· 3 contexts
Composite Packaging
15 01 05· 2 contexts
Compost Oversize
19 05 01· 2 contexts
Concrete
17 01 01· 4 contexts
Contaminated Packaging
15 01 10*· 3 contexts
Cooking Oil
20 01 25· 2 contexts
Copper
17 04 01· 3 contexts
Dredging Spoil
17 05 06· 2 contexts
Electronic Waste
20 01 35*· 4 contexts
End-of-Life Vehicles
16 01 04· 3 contexts
Engine Oil
13 02 05*· 3 contexts
Flat Glass
17 02 02· 3 contexts
Fluorescent Tubes
20 01 21*· 2 contexts
Fly Ash
10 01 02· 3 contexts
Food Waste
20 01 08· 4 contexts
Foundry Sand
10 09 08· 3 contexts
Fridges & Freezers
20 01 23*· 2 contexts
Garden Waste
20 02 01· 2 contexts
Gas Cylinders
16 05 04*· 2 contexts
Glass Bottles
15 01 07· 3 contexts
Glass Cullet
10 11 12· 3 contexts
Grinding Sludge
12 01 14*· 3 contexts
Gully Waste
20 03 06· 2 contexts
Gypsum
17 08 02· 2 contexts
Hydraulic Oil
13 01 10*· 3 contexts
Ink
08 03 12*· 2 contexts
Insulation
17 06 04· 3 contexts
Iron & Steel
17 04 05· 4 contexts
Laboratory Chemicals
16 05 06*· 2 contexts
Lead
17 04 03*· 2 contexts
Lead-Acid Batteries
16 06 01*· 2 contexts
Leather Waste
04 01 08· 2 contexts
Machining Coolant
12 01 09*· 3 contexts
Manure & Slurry
02 01 06· 1 context
Medicines
20 01 31*· 4 contexts
Metal Packaging
15 01 04· 3 contexts
Mill Scale
10 02 10· 1 context
Mixed Construction Waste
17 09 04· 3 contexts
Mixed Metals
17 04 07· 3 contexts
Mixed Municipal Waste
20 03 01· 3 contexts
Oil Filters
16 01 07*· 1 context
Oily Water
13 05 07*· 3 contexts
Paint
08 01 11*· 4 contexts
Paper
20 01 01· 3 contexts
Paper Sludge
03 03 05· 3 contexts
Plasterboard
17 08 02· 2 contexts
Plastic Packaging
15 01 02· 3 contexts
Polystyrene
15 01 02· 3 contexts
PVC
17 02 03· 3 contexts
Refractory Linings
16 11 04· 3 contexts
Rubber
16 01 03· 3 contexts
Sawdust & Shavings
03 01 05· 2 contexts
Septic Tank Sludge
20 03 04· 2 contexts
Sewage Sludge
19 08 05· 3 contexts
Soil & Stones
17 05 04· 3 contexts
Solvents
14 06 02*· 3 contexts
Spent Catalysts
16 08 01· 4 contexts
SRF / RDF
19 12 10· 2 contexts
Steel Slag
10 02 02· 2 contexts
Street Sweepings
20 03 03· 2 contexts
Swarf & Turnings
12 01 01· 3 contexts
Textile Offcuts
04 02 22· 3 contexts
Textiles
20 01 10· 4 contexts
Tiles & Ceramics
17 01 03· 3 contexts
Tin
17 04 06· 2 contexts
Toner Cartridges
08 03 17*· 2 contexts
Track Ballast
17 05 08· 2 contexts
Treated Wood
17 02 04*· 3 contexts
Tyres
16 01 03· 1 context
Waste Fuel
13 07 01*· 3 contexts
Wood
17 02 01· 4 contexts
Wooden Pallets
15 01 03· 3 contexts
Zinc
17 04 04· 2 contexts