EWC chapter 19: waste management facility and water treatment wastes
Chapter 19 of the List of Waste holds 92 codes covering waste management facility and water 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 19 01
- 19 01 02 ferrous materials removed from bottom ash
- 19 01 05 filter cake from gas treatment Hazardous
- 19 01 06 aqueous liquid wastes from gas treatment and other aqueous liquid wastes Hazardous
- 19 01 07 solid wastes from gas treatment Hazardous
- 19 01 10 spent activated carbon from flue-gas treatment Hazardous
- 19 01 11 bottom ash and slag containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 19 01 12 bottom ash and slag other than those mentioned in 19 01 11
- 19 01 13 fly ash containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 19 01 14 fly ash other than those mentioned in 19 01 13
- 19 01 15 boiler dust containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 19 01 16 boiler dust other than those mentioned in 19 01 15
- 19 01 17 pyrolysis wastes containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 19 01 18 pyrolysis wastes other than those mentioned in 19 01 17
- 19 01 19 sands from fluidised beds
- 19 01 99 wastes not otherwise specified
Group 19 02
- 19 02 03 premixed wastes composed only of non-hazardous wastes
- 19 02 04 premixed wastes composed of at least one hazardous waste Hazardous
- 19 02 05 sludges from physico/chemical treatment containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 19 02 06 sludges from physico/chemical treatment other than those mentioned in 19 02 05
- 19 02 07 oil and concentrates from separation Hazardous
- 19 02 08 liquid combustible wastes containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 19 02 09 solid combustible wastes containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 19 02 10 combustible wastes other than those mentioned in 19 02 08 and 19 02 09
- 19 02 11 other wastes containing hazardous substances Hazardous
Group 19 03
Group 19 04
Group 19 05
Group 19 06
- 19 06 03 liquor from anaerobic treatment of municipal waste
- 19 06 04 digestate from anaerobic treatment of municipal waste
- 19 06 05 liquor from anaerobic treatment of animal and vegetable waste
- 19 06 06 digestate from anaerobic treatment of animal and vegetable waste
- 19 06 99 wastes not otherwise specified
Group 19 07
Group 19 08
- 19 08 01 screenings
- 19 08 02 waste from desanding
- 19 08 05 sludges from treatment of urban waste water
- 19 08 06 saturated or spent ion exchange resins Hazardous
- 19 08 07 solutions and sludges from regeneration of ion exchangers Hazardous
- 19 08 09 grease and oil mixture from oil/water separation containing edible oil and fats Hazardous
- 19 08 10 grease and oil mixture from oil/water separation other than those mentioned in 19 08 09 Hazardous
- 19 08 11 sludges containing hazardous substances from biological treatment of industrial waste water Hazardous
- 19 08 12 sludges from biological treatment of industrial waste water other than those mentioned in 19 08 11
- 19 08 13 sludges containing hazardous substances from other treatment of industrial waste water Hazardous
- 19 08 14 sludges from other treatment of industrial waste water other than those mentioned in 19 08 13
- 19 08 99 wastes not otherwise specified
Group 19 09
- 19 09 01 solid waste from primary filtration and screenings
- 19 09 02 sludges from water clarification
- 19 09 03 sludges from decarbonation
- 19 09 04 spent activated carbon
- 19 09 05 saturated or spent ion exchange resins
- 19 09 06 solutions and sludges from regeneration of ion exchangers
- 19 09 99 wastes not otherwise specified
Group 19 10
- 19 10 01 iron and steel waste
- 19 10 02 non-ferrous waste
- 19 10 03 fluff-light fraction and dust containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 19 10 04 fluff-light fraction and dust other than those mentioned in 19 10 03
- 19 10 05 other fractions containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 19 10 06 other fractions other than those mentioned in 19 10 05
Group 19 11
- 19 11 01 spent filter clays Hazardous
- 19 11 03 aqueous liquid wastes Hazardous
- 19 11 04 wastes from cleaning of fuel with bases Hazardous
- 19 11 05 sludges from on-site effluent treatment containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 19 11 06 sludges from on-site effluent treatment other than those mentioned in 19 11 05
- 19 11 07 wastes from flue-gas cleaning Hazardous
- 19 11 99 wastes not otherwise specified
Group 19 12
- 19 12 01 paper and cardboard
- 19 12 02 ferrous metal
- 19 12 03 non-ferrous metal
- 19 12 04 plastic and rubber
- 19 12 05 glass
- 19 12 06 wood containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 19 12 07 wood other than that mentioned in 19 12 06
- 19 12 08 textiles
- 19 12 09 minerals (for example sand, stones)
- 19 12 10 combustible waste (refuse derived fuel)
- 19 12 11 other wastes (including mixtures of materials) from mechanical treatment of waste containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 19 12 12 other wastes (including mixtures of materials) from mechanical treatment of wastes other than those mentioned in 19 12 11
Group 19 13
- 19 13 01 solid wastes from soil remediation containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 19 13 02 solid wastes from soil remediation other than those mentioned in 19 13 01
- 19 13 03 sludges from soil remediation containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 19 13 05 sludges from groundwater remediation containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 19 13 06 sludges from groundwater remediation other than those mentioned in 19 13 05
- 19 13 07 aqueous liquid wastes and aqueous concentrates from groundwater remediation containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 19 13 08 aqueous liquid wastes and aqueous concentrates from groundwater remediation other than those mentioned in 19 13 07
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