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European Waste Catalogue

EWC Code for Adhesives & Sealants

Most common code08 04 09* Hazardous entry

Waste adhesives and sealants containing organic solvents or other hazardous substances are 08 04 09; water-based or cured products are 08 04 10.

Also searched as: glue waste, mastic, sealant cartridges, resin waste

Have a 08 04 09 stream? See the dossier that replaces the feasibility study.

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PrimaryHot-melt reprocessing and container recovery
SecondarySolvent recovery from solvent-based adhesives
BackstopHazardous waste incineration

~200–400 kt/year adhesive and sealant waste · Solvent-based adhesive waste €80–250/t as fuel; silicone sealant waste disposal €100–250/t

Primary buyers include Manufacture of glues and Manufacture of motor vehicles.

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Which Code Applies?

The European Waste Catalogue codes waste by the process it arises from, not just the material. Pick the row that matches where your adhesives & sealants is generated — each code links to its full classification, valorisation routes and receiving industries.

Source: EUR-Lex Commission Decision 2000/532/EC — European Waste Catalogue

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Adhesives & Sealants

With a lab analysis, the engine checks the stream against each receiving route's published limits and returns what is supported, what is refused, and why. Without one yet, we tell you which routes it can evaluate and what analysis that needs.

What do you need?

An engineer replies within 1 business day. That reply confirms what is needed to run the dossier and when it can follow. A route the engine does not cover yet is reported as not yet evaluable, with the evidence that would change that.

See what the output looks like: a worked dossier.