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24 codes · 7 hazardous

Wastes resulting from exploration, mining, quarrying, and physical and chemical treatment of minerals

Use chapter 01 only when the waste comes from mining, quarrying or mineral processing. Soil and rubble from a building site belong in chapter 17, even when the material looks the same.

Confirm the code in WM3 and on legislation.gov.uk. How to choose an EWC code. Digital waste tracking.

01 01

wastes from mineral excavation

01 03

wastes from physical and chemical processing of metalliferous minerals

01 04

wastes from physical and chemical processing of non-metalliferous minerals

01 05

drilling muds and other drilling wastes

Digital waste tracking

Receiving sites must report this code to DWTS.

Permitted receiving sites in England and Wales report each inbound load to the Digital Waste Tracking Service, and the EWC code is part of that record. WEEE Manager is listed on GOV.UK and sends the code with the rest of the receipt through the API.

Digital waste tracking

All EWC chapters

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Confirm the code in WM3 and on legislation.gov.uk before you report it.

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