EWC chapter 02: agriculture, horticulture and food processing wastes
Chapter 02 of the List of Waste holds 37 codes covering agriculture, horticulture and food processing wastes. They are listed below by group, with hazardous codes marked. The EWC code lookup tool searches the whole catalogue when you would rather start from the waste type.
Group 02 01
- 02 01 01 sludges from washing and cleaning
- 02 01 02 animal-tissue waste
- 02 01 03 plant-tissue waste
- 02 01 04 waste plastics (except packaging)
- 02 01 06 animal faeces, urine and manure (including spoiled straw), effluent, collected separately and treated off-site
- 02 01 07 wastes from forestry
- 02 01 08 agrochemical waste containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 02 01 09 agrochemical waste other than those mentioned in 02 01 08
- 02 01 10 waste metal
- 02 01 99 wastes not otherwise specified
Group 02 02
Group 02 03
- 02 03 01 sludges from washing, cleaning, peeling, centrifuging and separation
- 02 03 02 wastes from preserving agents
- 02 03 03 wastes from solvent extraction
- 02 03 04 materials unsuitable for consumption or processing
- 02 03 05 sludges from on-site effluent treatment
- 02 03 99 wastes not otherwise specified
Group 02 04
Group 02 05
Group 02 06
Group 02 07
- 02 07 01 wastes from washing, cleaning and mechanical reduction of raw materials
- 02 07 02 wastes from spirits distillation
- 02 07 03 wastes from chemical treatment
- 02 07 04 materials unsuitable for consumption or processing
- 02 07 05 sludges from on-site effluent treatment
- 02 07 99 wastes not otherwise specified
Recording these codes on every load
LoadLog stores the EWC code against each load, checks the waste carrier, and submits the record to DEFRA's Digital Waste Tracking Service from the yard. Compliance Lite is free until the end of 2026 for sign-ups before October.