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European Waste Catalogue

EWC Code for Leather Waste

Most common code04 01 08

Tanned leather waste — shavings, cuttings, buffing dust — is 04 01 08. Untanned hide waste (fleshings, lime split) is 04 01 01.

Also searched as: leather offcuts, tannery waste, hide waste

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 leather 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

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