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European Waste Catalogue

EWC Code for Street Sweepings

Most common code20 03 03

Street-cleaning residues — road sweepings and litter-picking arisings — are 20 03 03. Gully emptyings from drain cleaning are coded 20 03 06 instead.

Also searched as: road sweepings, street cleaning residues, sweeper waste

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PrimaryEnergy from waste (EfW) incineration
SecondaryMechanical biological treatment (MBT)
BackstopSanitary landfill

90 million tonnes/year EU residual municipal waste · €12B municipal waste management market

Primary buyers include Hazardous waste treatment and Collection of non-hazardous waste.

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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 street sweepings 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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