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European Waste Catalogue

EWC Code for Garden Waste

Most common code20 02 01

Biodegradable garden and park waste — grass, prunings, leaves — is 20 02 01. Soil and stones from garden works take 20 02 02.

Also searched as: green waste, landscaping waste, grass cuttings, tree prunings

Have a 20 02 01 stream? See the dossier that replaces the feasibility study.

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PrimaryLand application (quality compost)
SecondaryLandfill (rejects and off-spec compost)
BackstopFurther biological treatment

25 million tonnes/year EU composting and MBT output · €900M compost and digestate market

Primary buyers include Growing of cereals and Collection of non-hazardous waste.

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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 garden waste 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

Simulate your 20 02 01 stream

Garden Waste

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.