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European Waste Catalogue

EWC Code for Glass Cullet

Most common code10 11 12

Waste glass from glass manufacture is 10 11 12 (or 10 11 11 if containing heavy metals). Sorted glass from waste treatment is 19 12 05, packaging glass 15 01 07.

Also searched as: waste glass, crushed glass, cullet

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PrimaryGlass furnace cullet remelting
SecondaryAlternative glass use and aggregate
BackstopHazardous processing for lead glass

4.8 million tonnes/year EU glass production waste · €220M cullet and glass waste market

Primary buyers include Manufacture of flat glass and Manufacture of hollow glass.

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The European Waste Catalogue codes waste by the process it arises from, not just the material. Pick the row that matches where your glass cullet 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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