EWC chapter 16: wastes not otherwise specified in the list
Chapter 16 of the List of Waste holds 72 codes covering wastes not otherwise specified in the list. 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 16 01
- 16 01 03 end-of-life tyres
- 16 01 04 end-of-life vehicles Hazardous
- 16 01 06 end-of-life vehicles, containing neither liquids nor other hazardous components
- 16 01 07 oil filters Hazardous
- 16 01 08 components containing mercury Hazardous
- 16 01 09 components containing PCBs Hazardous
- 16 01 10 explosive components (for example air bags) Hazardous
- 16 01 11 brake pads containing asbestos Hazardous
- 16 01 12 brake pads other than those mentioned in 16 01 11
- 16 01 13 brake fluids Hazardous
- 16 01 14 antifreeze fluids containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 16 01 15 antifreeze fluids other than those mentioned in 16 01 14
- 16 01 16 tanks for liquefied gas
- 16 01 17 ferrous metal
- 16 01 18 non-ferrous metal
- 16 01 19 plastic
- 16 01 20 glass
- 16 01 21 hazardous components other than those mentioned in 16 01 07 to 16 01 11 and 16 01 13 and 16 01 14 Hazardous
- 16 01 22 components not otherwise specified
- 16 01 99 wastes not otherwise specified
Group 16 02
- 16 02 09 transformers and capacitors containing PCBs Hazardous
- 16 02 10 discarded equipment containing or contaminated by PCBs other than those mentioned in 16 02 09 Hazardous
- 16 02 11 discarded equipment containing chlorofluorocarbons, HCFC, HFC Hazardous
- 16 02 12 discarded equipment containing free asbestos Hazardous
- 16 02 13 discarded equipment containing hazardous components other than those mentioned in 16 02 09 to 16 02 12 Hazardous
- 16 02 14 discarded equipment other than those mentioned in 16 02 09 to 16 02 13
- 16 02 15 hazardous components removed from discarded equipment Hazardous
- 16 02 16 components removed from discarded equipment other than those mentioned in 16 02 15
Group 16 03
Group 16 04
- 16 04 01 waste ammunition Hazardous
- 16 04 02 fireworks wastes Hazardous
- 16 04 03 other waste explosives Hazardous
Group 16 05
- 16 05 04 gases in pressure containers (including halons) containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 16 05 05 gases in pressure containers other than those mentioned in 16 05 04
- 16 05 06 laboratory chemicals, consisting of or containing hazardous substances, including mixtures of laboratory chemicals Hazardous
- 16 05 07 discarded inorganic chemicals consisting of or containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 16 05 08 discarded organic chemicals consisting of or containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 16 05 09 discarded chemicals other than those mentioned in 16 05 06, 16 05 07 or 16 05 08
Group 16 06
Group 16 07
Group 16 08
- 16 08 01 spent catalysts containing gold, silver, rhenium, rhodium, palladium, iridium or platinum (except 16 08 07)
- 16 08 02 spent catalysts containing hazardous transition metals or hazardous transition metal compounds Hazardous
- 16 08 03 spent catalysts containing transition metals or transition metal compounds not otherwise specified
- 16 08 04 spent fluid catalytic cracking catalysts (except 16 08 07)
- 16 08 05 spent catalysts containing phosphoric acid Hazardous
- 16 08 06 spent liquids used as catalysts Hazardous
- 16 08 07 spent catalysts contaminated with hazardous substances Hazardous
Group 16 09
Group 16 10
Group 16 11
- 16 11 01 carbon-based linings and refractories from metallurgical processes containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 16 11 02 carbon-based linings and refractories from metallurgical processes others than those mentioned in 16 11 01
- 16 11 03 other linings and refractories from metallurgical processes containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 16 11 04 other linings and refractories from metallurgical processes other than those mentioned in 16 11 03
- 16 11 05 linings and refractories from non-metallurgical processes containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 16 11 06 linings and refractories from non-metallurgical processes others than those mentioned in 16 11 05
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.