European Waste Catalogue
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Browse the full European Waste Catalogue to understand how waste is classified across 20 chapters and 842 six-digit codes. Open any entry to check the official description, chapter context and classification notes before matching waste terms or checking which waste sites accept that code.
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Chapter 03
19EWC codes in this chapterWastes from wood processing and the production of panels and furniture, pulp, paper and cardboard
3 subchapters available
Open chapterChapter 06
48EWC codes in this chapterWastes from inorganic chemical processes
12 subchapters available
Open chapterChapter 07
78EWC codes in this chapterWastes from organic chemical processes
7 subchapters available
Open chapterChapter 09
13EWC codes in this chapterWastes from the photographic industry
1 subchapters available
Open chapterChapter 10
173EWC codes in this chapterWastes from thermal processes
14 subchapters available
Open chapterChapter 13
34EWC codes in this chapterOil wastes and wastes of liquid fuels (except edible oils, and those in chapters 05, 12 and 19)
7 subchapters available
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