European Waste Catalogue
Fluorescent tubes and other mercury-containing lamps are 20 01 21, a hazardous entry — they must be kept separate from general WEEE.
Also searched as: fluorescent lamps, strip lights, mercury lamps, CFL bulbs
Have a 20 01 21 stream? See the dossier that replaces the feasibility study.
See the validation dossier2.5 million cremations/year EU generating ~100 g mercury per cremation · €12M mercury abatement and implant recycling market
Primary buyers include Funeral and related activities and Other non-ferrous metals production.
Simulate this streamThe European Waste Catalogue codes waste by the process it arises from, not just the material. Pick the row that matches where your fluorescent tubes is generated — each code links to its full classification, valorisation routes and receiving industries.
Fluorescent tubes and mercury-containing lamps
Fluorescent tubes and other mercury-containing waste
Mercury-containing equipment components
Hazardous components removed from discarded equipment
Hazardous components removed from discarded equipment
Source: EUR-Lex Commission Decision 2000/532/EC — European Waste Catalogue
Fluorescent Tubes
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.
See what the output looks like: a worked dossier.