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European Waste Catalogue

EWC Code for Tyres

Most common code16 01 03

End-of-life tyres are 16 01 03 — the single code for car, truck and plant tyres regardless of source.

Also searched as: end-of-life tyres, waste tyres, ELT, rubber tyres

Have a 16 01 03 stream? See the dossier that replaces the feasibility study.

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PrimarySteel Scrap Recovery
PrimaryCatalytic Converter PGM Smelting
SecondaryComponent Reuse (ATF Parts)

~8–9 million vehicles/year EU · €100–600/tonne (steel scrap; catalytic converter PGMs premium)

Primary buyers include Dismantling of wrecks and Manufacture of basic iron and steel.

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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 tyres 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

Simulate your 16 01 03 stream

Tyres

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.

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