EWC chapter 20: municipal and household waste
Chapter 20 of the List of Waste holds 40 codes covering municipal and household waste. 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 20 01
- 20 01 01 paper and cardboard
- 20 01 02 glass
- 20 01 08 biodegradable kitchen and canteen waste
- 20 01 10 clothes
- 20 01 11 textiles
- 20 01 13 solvents Hazardous
- 20 01 14 acids Hazardous
- 20 01 15 alkalines Hazardous
- 20 01 17 photochemicals Hazardous
- 20 01 19 pesticides Hazardous
- 20 01 21 fluorescent tubes and other mercury-containing waste Hazardous
- 20 01 23 discarded equipment containing chlorofluorocarbons Hazardous
- 20 01 25 edible oil and fat
- 20 01 26 oil and fat other than those mentioned in 20 01 25 Hazardous
- 20 01 27 paint, inks, adhesives and resins containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 20 01 28 paint, inks, adhesives and resins other than those mentioned in 20 01 27
- 20 01 29 detergents containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 20 01 30 detergents other than those mentioned in 20 01 29
- 20 01 31 cytotoxic and cytostatic medicines Hazardous
- 20 01 32 medicines other than those mentioned in 20 01 31
- 20 01 33 batteries and accumulators included in 16 06 01, 16 06 02 or 16 06 03 and unsorted batteries and accumulators containing these batteries Hazardous
- 20 01 34 batteries and accumulators other than those mentioned in 20 01 33
- 20 01 35 discarded electrical and electronic equipment other than those mentioned in 20 01 21 and 20 01 23 containing hazardous components ( 6 ) Hazardous
- 20 01 36 discarded electrical and electronic equipment other than those mentioned in 20 01 21, 20 01 23 and 20 01 35
- 20 01 37 wood containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 20 01 38 wood other than that mentioned in 20 01 37
- 20 01 39 plastics
- 20 01 40 metals
- 20 01 41 wastes from chimney sweeping
- 20 01 99 other fractions not otherwise specified
Group 20 02
Group 20 03
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.