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European Waste Catalogue

EWC Code for Plastic Packaging

Most common code15 01 02

Plastic packaging — film, bottles, crates — from commercial sources is 15 01 02. Municipal plastics take 20 01 39 and production offcuts from plastics converting take 07 02 13.

Also searched as: plastic wrap, shrink wrap, plastic bags, PET bottles

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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 plastic packaging 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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