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EWC Code Finder

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