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European Waste Catalogue

EWC Code for Asbestos

Most common code17 06 05* Hazardous entry

Asbestos-containing construction materials — cement sheets, floor tiles — are 17 06 05. Loose asbestos insulation is 17 06 01. Both are hazardous and must be consigned separately.

Also searched as: asbestos sheets, asbestos cement, ACM, asbestos insulation

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PrimaryHalogen recovery and neutralisation
SecondaryAsbestos abatement and specialist disposal
BackstopHazardous waste incineration

~100–300 kt/year halogen-bearing inorganic waste · Chlorine waste management cost €200–500/t; bromine recovery significant where concentrated

Primary buyers include Manufacture of other inorganic basic chemicals and Manufacture of cement.

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