EWC chapter 05: petroleum refining, gas purification and coal treatment wastes
Chapter 05 of the List of Waste holds 20 codes covering petroleum refining, gas purification and coal treatment 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 05 01
- 05 01 03 tank bottom sludges Hazardous
- 05 01 04 acid alkyl sludges Hazardous
- 05 01 05 oil spills Hazardous
- 05 01 06 oily sludges from maintenance operations of the plant or equipment Hazardous
- 05 01 07 acid tars Hazardous
- 05 01 08 other tars Hazardous
- 05 01 09 sludges from on-site effluent treatment containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 05 01 10 sludges from on-site effluent treatment other than those mentioned in 05 01 09
- 05 01 11 wastes from cleaning of fuels with bases Hazardous
- 05 01 12 oil containing acids Hazardous
- 05 01 13 boiler feedwater sludges
- 05 01 14 wastes from cooling columns
- 05 01 15 spent filter clays Hazardous
- 05 01 16 sulphur-containing wastes from petroleum desulphurisation
- 05 01 17 bitumen
Group 05 06
- 05 06 01 acid tars Hazardous
- 05 06 03 other tars Hazardous
Group 05 07
Recording these codes on every load
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