European Waste Catalogue
Iron and steel from construction and demolition are 17 04 05. Machining filings and turnings are 12 01 01, end-of-life vehicle ferrous metal 16 01 17, and sorted ferrous metal from waste plants 19 12 02.
Also searched as: steel scrap, iron scrap, rebar, structural steel, stainless steel
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See the validation dossier~15–20 Mt/year EU metal C&DW · €150–2,800/tonne (grade-dependent: steel to copper)
Primary buyers include Manufacture of basic iron and steel and Recovery of sorted materials.
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Construction & demolition iron and steel
Iron and steel
Machining — ferrous filings and turnings
Ferrous metal filings and turnings
End-of-life vehicles — ferrous metal
Ferrous metal
Waste sorting output — ferrous metal
Ferrous metal
Source: EUR-Lex Commission Decision 2000/532/EC — European Waste Catalogue
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