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European Waste Catalogue

EWC Code for Mixed Municipal Waste

Most common code20 03 01

Mixed, unsegregated municipal waste is 20 03 01 — the general-waste default for household and similar commercial waste.

Also searched as: general waste, black bag waste, residual waste, household waste

Have a 20 03 01 stream? See the dossier that replaces the feasibility study.

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PrimaryMaterial recovery after sorting
SecondarySecondary aggregate production
BackstopLandfill (non-hazardous cell)

80 million tonnes/year EU mixed C&D · €1.2B mixed C&D processing market

Primary buyers include Recovery of sorted materials and Construction of roads and motorways.

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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 mixed municipal 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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Mixed Municipal 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.