European Waste Catalogue
Bituminous road-surfacing waste — planings, asphalt — is 17 03 02, provided it contains no coal tar. Tar-bound material (common in pre-1980 roads) is hazardous 17 03 01.
Also searched as: bituminous mixtures, road planings, tarmac, asphalt millings
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Primary buyers include Remediation activities and other waste management and Development of building projects.
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Bituminous mixtures without coal tar
Bituminous mixtures not containing coal tar
Bituminous mixtures containing coal tar
Bituminous mixtures containing coal tar
Source: EUR-Lex Commission Decision 2000/532/EC — European Waste Catalogue
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