European Waste Catalogue
Aerosols with residual propellant or product are usually coded 16 05 04 (hazardous gases in pressure containers). Fully emptied, punctured cans can move to 15 01 04 as metallic packaging.
Also searched as: aerosols, pressurised cans, spray cans
Have a 16 05 04 stream? See the dossier that replaces the feasibility study.
See the validation dossier1.2 million tonnes/year EU waste refrigerant and solvent · €850M refrigerant recovery and solvent re-distillation market
Primary buyers include Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning installation and Manufacture of other organic basic chemicals.
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Aerosols with residual contents / propellant
Gases in pressure containers containing hazardous substances
Fully emptied and depressurised cans
Metallic packaging
Source: EUR-Lex Commission Decision 2000/532/EC — European Waste Catalogue
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Recovery tiers only. For numbers that survive a technical review, see the validation dossier.