European Waste Catalogue
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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See the validation dossier~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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Construction materials containing asbestos
Construction materials containing asbestos
Bonded ACM: cement sheets, tiles, textured coatings
Insulation materials containing asbestos
Insulation materials containing asbestos
Loose fill, lagging, sprayed coatings
Discarded equipment containing free asbestos
Discarded equipment containing free asbestos
Source: EUR-Lex Commission Decision 2000/532/EC — European Waste Catalogue
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