EWC chapter 08: coating, adhesive, sealant and printing ink wastes
Chapter 08 of the List of Waste holds 37 codes covering coating, adhesive, sealant and printing ink 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 08 01
- 08 01 11 waste paint and varnish containing organic solvents or other hazardous substances Hazardous
- 08 01 12 waste paint and varnish other than those mentioned in 08 01 11
- 08 01 13 sludges from paint or varnish containing organic solvents or other hazardous substances Hazardous
- 08 01 14 sludges from paint or varnish other than those mentioned in 08 01 13
- 08 01 15 aqueous sludges containing paint or varnish containing organic solvents or other hazardous substances Hazardous
- 08 01 16 aqueous sludges containing paint or varnish other than those mentioned in 08 01 15
- 08 01 17 wastes from paint or varnish removal containing organic solvents or other hazardous substances Hazardous
- 08 01 18 wastes from paint or varnish removal other than those mentioned in 08 01 17
- 08 01 19 aqueous suspensions containing paint or varnish containing organic solvents or other hazardous substances Hazardous
- 08 01 20 aqueous suspensions containing paint or varnish other than those mentioned in 08 01 19
- 08 01 21 waste paint or varnish remover Hazardous
- 08 01 99 wastes not otherwise specified
Group 08 02
Group 08 03
- 08 03 07 aqueous sludges containing ink
- 08 03 08 aqueous liquid waste containing ink
- 08 03 12 waste ink containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 08 03 13 waste ink other than those mentioned in 08 03 12
- 08 03 14 ink sludges containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 08 03 15 ink sludges other than those mentioned in 08 03 14
- 08 03 16 waste etching solutions Hazardous
- 08 03 17 waste printing toner containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 08 03 18 waste printing toner other than those mentioned in 08 03 17
- 08 03 19 disperse oil Hazardous
- 08 03 99 wastes not otherwise specified
Group 08 04
- 08 04 09 waste adhesives and sealants containing organic solvents or other hazardous substances Hazardous
- 08 04 10 waste adhesives and sealants other than those mentioned in 08 04 09
- 08 04 11 adhesive and sealant sludges containing organic solvents or other hazardous substances Hazardous
- 08 04 12 adhesive and sealant sludges other than those mentioned in 08 04 11
- 08 04 13 aqueous sludges containing adhesives or sealants containing organic solvents or other hazardous substances Hazardous
- 08 04 14 aqueous sludges containing adhesives or sealants other than those mentioned in 08 04 13
- 08 04 15 aqueous liquid waste containing adhesives or sealants containing organic solvents or other hazardous substances Hazardous
- 08 04 16 aqueous liquid waste containing adhesives or sealants other than those mentioned in 08 04 15
- 08 04 17 rosin oil Hazardous
- 08 04 99 wastes not otherwise specified
Group 08 05
- 08 05 01 waste isocyanates Hazardous
Recording these codes on every load
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