European Waste Catalogue
Aluminium from construction and demolition is 17 04 02. Machining swarf is 12 01 03, clean cans and foil packaging 15 01 04, and municipal metals 20 01 40.
Also searched as: aluminium scrap, ali scrap, aluminium profiles, aluminium sheet
Have a 17 04 02 stream? See the dossier that replaces the feasibility study.
See the validation dossier~15–20 Mt/year EU metal C&DW · €150–2,800/tonne (grade-dependent: steel to copper)
Primary buyers include Manufacture of basic iron and steel and Recovery of sorted materials.
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Construction & demolition aluminium
Aluminium
Machining — non-ferrous filings and turnings
Non-ferrous metal filings and turnings
Metallic packaging
Metallic packaging
Source: EUR-Lex Commission Decision 2000/532/EC — European Waste Catalogue
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