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European Waste Catalogue

EWC Code for Flat Glass

Most common code17 02 02

Flat glass from construction and demolition — windows, glazing — is 17 02 02. Manufacturing cullet from glass production is 10 11 12 and vehicle glass 16 01 20.

Also searched as: window glass, glazing, plate glass, laminated glass

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PrimaryMaterial recycling (sorting and reprocessing)
SecondaryEnergy recovery (wood biomass)
BackstopLandfill (inert or non-hazardous cell)

25 million tonnes/year EU C&D wood, glass and plastic · €1.4B secondary materials market

Primary buyers include Manufacture of veneer sheets and wood-based panels and Manufacture of flat glass.

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Which Code Applies?

The European Waste Catalogue codes waste by the process it arises from, not just the material. Pick the row that matches where your flat glass is generated — each code links to its full classification, valorisation routes and receiving industries.

Source: EUR-Lex Commission Decision 2000/532/EC — European Waste Catalogue

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Flat Glass

With a lab analysis, the engine checks the stream against each receiving route's published limits and returns what is supported, what is refused, and why. Without one yet, we tell you which routes it can evaluate and what analysis that needs.

What do you need?

An engineer replies within 1 business day. That reply confirms what is needed to run the dossier and when it can follow. A route the engine does not cover yet is reported as not yet evaluable, with the evidence that would change that.

See what the output looks like: a worked dossier.

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